Imprecation \Im`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. imprecatio: cf. F.
impr['e]cation.]
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a
prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
[1913 Webster]
Men cowered like slaves before such horrid
imprecations. --Motley.
Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See
Malediction.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
imprecation
n 1: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and
usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the
imprecations of the mob" [syn: malediction]
2: a slanderous accusation
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "imprecation":
adjuration, anathema, appeal, application, ban, beseechment, bid,
blasphemy, call, clamor, commination, cry, curse, cursing, cussing,
damnation, denunciation, entreaty, evil eye, excommunication,
execration, fulmination, hex, imploration, imploring, invocation,
invocatory plea, malediction, malison, malocchio, obsecration,
obtestation, orison, petition, plea, prayer, profanity,
proscription, rogation, suit, supplication, swearing, thundering,
whammy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
malediction
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