Synonyms for malison


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mal-uh-zuh n, -suh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæl ə zən, -sən

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Définition of malison

Origin :
  • "a curse," mid-13c., from Old French maleiçon "curse," from Latin maledictionem (see malediction).
  • As in curse : noun hateful, swearing remark
Example sentences :
  • The mother puts her malison, or curse, upon him, but he rides off.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance » by Various
  • Either to take the half of it with her blessing, or the whole of it with her malison.
  • Extract from : « The Scottish Fairy Book » by Elizabeth W. Grierson
  • With eyes glistening like witch-fires, did the dame bestow her malison.
  • Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) » by John Roby
  • The malison strings itself out into broken sentences of justification; mere ravings, as pointless as the curse.
  • Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde
  • The malison of heaven will go along with every part of it that is not restored to its rightful owners.
  • Extract from : « A Legend of Reading Abbey » by Charles MacFarlane
  • So at last he made up his mind to take the whole of it, even if he had to bear his mother's malison.
  • Extract from : « The Scottish Fairy Book » by Elizabeth W. Grierson
  • My malison upon the false Normans who have separated me from my good steed at a time when I most need his aid.
  • Extract from : « Runnymede and Lincoln Fair » by J.G. Edgar
  • So he spake in malison, and darkness p. 124veiled her eyes, and there the sacred strength of the sun did waste her quite away.
  • Extract from : « The Homeric Hymns » by Andrew Lang
  • Or else they may dread the malison that all men have who will not do them, when they had goods to do them with.
  • Extract from : « The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises » by Richard Rolle of Hampole
  • So he was in luck; but he had yet to learn that a mother's malison is sure to bring misfortune some time or another.
  • Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel

Antonyms for malison

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