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Synonyms for malediction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mal-i-dik-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmæl ɪˈdɪk ʃən

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Définition of malediction

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Old French maledicion "a curse" (15c.), from Latin maledictionem (nominative maledictio) "the action of speaking evil of, slander," in Late Latin "a curse," noun of action from past participle stem of maledicere "to speak badly or evil of, slander," from male "badly" (see mal-) + dicere "to say" (see diction).
  • noun curse
Example sentences :
  • Horror, shame, misery, and malediction; I have betrayed you.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The Juez is there, and I call the malediction of the priests on my head if you, too, are not doomed.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • It is the malediction of mortals to want what they lack until they get it, when they want it no more.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Jeff thought of Yuba Bill's malediction, and understood it as he gazed.
  • Extract from : « Jeff Briggs's Love Story » by Bret Harte
  • If only my malediction is needed for that, I bestow it upon him!
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • Human words were, for him, always a raillery or a malediction.
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • The weaker man capitulated, with a malediction, to the stronger.
  • Extract from : « Roger Ingleton, Minor » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Reproof and punishment greatly differ from cursing and malediction.
  • Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • The "evil" which they utter is not calumny, but malediction.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
  • But his love for her had fallen upon her tender spirit like a malediction.
  • Extract from : « Faces in the Fire » by Frank W. Boreham

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