malediction

Noun

Meaning

A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

imprecation curse anathema denunciation execration cursing voodoo bane hoodoo oath excommunication hex damnation jinx ban
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Antonyms

thanksgiving grace felicity citation godsend advantage
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Hypernyms

curse condemnation execration

Examples

The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war. African Spir

I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction. Elie Wiesel

I tap a Malediction out of the box, fire it up, and puff. It tastes like a tire fire in a candy factory next door to a strip club. The best cigarettes ever. Richard Kadrey

he suffered the imprecations of the mob Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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