imprecate

Meaning

To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

Synonyms

curse

execrate

damn

cuss

blaspheme

swear

beshrew

anathemize

bedamn

maledict

anathematize

anathemise

vum

aim at

bewitch

denounce

hex

jinx

revile

anathematise

comminate

rail at

abuse

accurse

Translations

bestemmiare

imprecar

xingar

شتم

imprecare

vervloeken

maledire

malédiction

jurer

جدف

herabwünschen

سبّ

لعن

اشتم

👃

fluchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪmpɹəkeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).