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imprecate

verb

1 imprecate

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.

synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, maledict.

Roget 765: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; ... show more

Roget 908: curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction.    execrate, beshrew, scold; anathematize etc. ... show more

Dutch: vervloeking, vloek, verdoemen, vermaledijen, vervloeken, verwensen

2 imprecate

Utter obscenities or profanities.

synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear.

Dutch: vervloeken


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