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maldição
Catalan
imprecació
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maldición
An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
curse
malediction
Portuguese
maldição
1
A muttered
imprecation
escaped the lips of the watcher on the Drive.
2
Hardly had the abbé gone than Jacques Ferrand uttered a terrible
imprecation
.
3
The
imprecation
fell but too surely upon the devoted house of Stuart.
4
He flung the word out angrily, giving it emphasis by an
imprecation
.
5
Grinaldi turned away, suppressing the bitter
imprecation
that rose to his lips.
6
His head fell while an angry
imprecation
was still upon his lips.
7
Mentu interrupted him with a growling
imprecation
and Hotep's fair face darkened.
8
The words were rushed, emphatic, and incomprehensible, some Bengali curse or
imprecation
.
9
The subject of this unimaginative but nonetheless stinging
imprecation
simply nodded.
10
The only answer made by General Abercrombie was a fiercely-uttered
imprecation
.
11
Bending low, she moved her arms in both
imprecation
and appeal.
12
An
imprecation
of a sufficiently emphatic character was the only reply.
13
Holcroft hurled the jug after them with words that sounded like an
imprecation
.
14
With an impatient
imprecation
,
Fairley darted by her and rushed into the wood.
15
With an angry
imprecation
,
Lyon dashed this letter on the floor.
16
The mob unable to overtake me, still shouted a last
imprecation
.
imprecation
mutter imprecation
fierce imprecation
terrible imprecation
utter an imprecation
fearful imprecation
Portuguese
maldição
imprecação
Catalan
imprecació
maledicció
Spanish
maldición