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malediction

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mal·e·dic·tion  (ml-dkshn)
n.
1.
a. The calling down of a curse.
b. A curse.
2. Slander.
male·dicto·ry (-dkt-r) adj.
malediction [mal-lid-dik-shun]
Noun
the utterance of a curse against someone or something [Latin maledictio a reviling]
maledictory adj
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Noun1.malediction - the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
imprecation
curse, execration, condemnation - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group


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More than eight hundred miles of hard travelling, and many weary days, had it cost them; and the sufferings connected with it rendered it hateful in their remembrance, so that the Canadian voyageurs always spoke of it as "La maudite riviere enragee" - the accursed mad river - thus coupling a malediction with its name.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
I have reason to know that a local friend of ours (on whom I beg to bestow a passing but a hearty malediction, with the kind permission of my reverend friend) sneaks to and fro, and dodges up and down.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
He searched about in his mind for an ade- quate malediction for the indefinite cause, the thing upon which men turn the words of final blame.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
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