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Meanings of
imprecation
in English
Portuguese
maldição
Catalan
imprecació
Spanish
maldición
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An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
curse
malediction
Portuguese
maldição
Usage of
imprecation
in English
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
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
imprecation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mutter imprecation
fierce imprecation
terrible imprecation
utter an imprecation
fearful imprecation
More collocations
Translations for
imprecation
Portuguese
maldição
imprecação
Catalan
imprecació
maledicció
Spanish
maldición
Imprecation
through the time
Imprecation
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common