adj
Meaning 1
accursed, cursed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
maledict
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verb
Meaning 2
To curse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: benedict
verb
Meaning 3
To berate
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
under a curse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accursed, accurst
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bad witch cursed the child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
History
Etymology
From maledīcō (“curse, slander”).