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malediction
[ mal-i-dik-shuhn ]
noun
- a curse; imprecation.
Synonyms: execration, damning
Antonyms: benediction
- the utterance of a curse.
malediction
/ ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən /
noun
- the utterance of a curse against someone or something
- slanderous accusation or comment
Derived Forms
- ˌmaleˈdictive, adjective
Other Words From
- male·dictive mal·e·dic·to·ry [mal-i-, dik, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
- unmal·e·dictive adjective
- unmal·e·dicto·ry adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of malediction1
Word History and Origins
Origin of malediction1
Example Sentences
“They include alienating Trump and incurring his malediction, and discovering that there are just not enough anti-Trump Republicans to win him a swing-state primary,” he said.
Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.
Despite this Sisyphean malediction, with each call for new proposals, the community still tries to push its boulder back to the mountaintop.
A salvor who declines to donate their winnings to the poor no longer risks “the curse and malediction of our mother the holy church,” as the law was written in the 1100s.
James, 13, who was eliminated during Wednesday’s third round by the word “malediction,” said the opportunity to meet people and represent his home have been the most rewarding parts of the contest.
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