verb
1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
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The bad witch cursed the child
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• Derivationally related forms: ↑malediction (for: ↑maledict), ↑imprecation (for: ↑imprecate), ↑damnatory (for: ↑damn), ↑damnation (for: ↑damn), ↑curse (for: ↑curse)
• Hypernyms:
↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke, ↑evoke, ↑stir, ↑call down, ↑arouse, ↑bring up, ↑put forward, ↑call forth
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
2. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
• Syn: ↑accurse, ↑execrate, ↑comminate, ↑anathemise, ↑anathematize, ↑anathematise
• Derivationally related forms:
↑anathematization (for: ↑anathematise), ↑anathema (for: ↑anathematise), ↑anathematization (for: ↑anathematize), ↑anathema (for: ↑anathematize), ↑comminatory (for: ↑comminate), ↑execration (for: ↑execrate), ↑anathematisation (for: ↑anathematise)
• Hypernyms: ↑deplore
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Sam and Sue anathemize the movie
Useful english dictionary. 2012.