beshrew

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (archaic, transitive) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
2. (transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.

Sinonieme

maledict

curse

anathemize

bedamn

imprecate

anathemise

damn

jinx

anathematize

execrate

accurse

anathematise

comminate

Vertalings

καταριέμαι

سبّ

شتم

لعن

اشتم

👃

تعذب

جدف

هلك

حكم على

نزل به بلاء

تشقى

malédiction

imprecare

maledire

stramaledire

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: beschrewen

In summary

From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.