Synonyms for imprecation
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Noun
1. Curse
curse, swearing, malediction, oath, blasphemy, anathema formal, denunciation, execration
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
Related words
- Word family
- imprecate
Forms
- Plural
- imprecations → curses, swearings, maledictions, oaths…
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Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- curse Don't curse or I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
- oath Ziri and Rima shook hands and swore a solemn oath.
- swearing Ziri was still swearing at everyone and everthing.
- invocation Tom Jackson gave the invocation at the meeting.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| imprecation | rising | |
| curse | rising | |
| oath | steady | |
| swearing | rising | |
| malediction | steady | |
| invocation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- oath1
- 5 letters
- curse1
- 8 letters
- swearing2, anathema4
- 9 letters
- blasphemy3
- 10 letters
- invocation4, execration
- 11 letters
- malediction
- 12 letters
- denunciation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swearing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- imprécation
- Italiano
- imprecazione
- Español
- imprecación