Feminine

malédiction

Meaning

spell, curse (supernatural detriment)

Concepts

curse
malediction
imprecation
anathema
cuss
imprecate
oath
beshrew
damn
desecration
excommunicate
execration
expletive
hex
curse word
blaspheme
jinx
maledict
bane
nemesis

anathemise

profanity
sacrilege
scourge
spell
swear
swearing
swearword
torment
unchurch
whammy

anathemize

bedamn
blight
condemnation
blasphemy
Opposite of
bénédiction
Synonyms

mauvais sort
anathème
condamnation
C1
juron
fléau
C2
blasphémer
49k
exécration
imprécation
tourment
20k

anathème

lancer des imprécations contre

némésis
37k
blasphème
C2
excommunier
injure
34k
maudire
24k
profanation
40k
sacrilège
21k
serment
B2
Translations

maledizione
maldición
maldição
Fluch
maledicció
vloek
beddua
lanet
imprecazione
maldecir

سبّ

κατάρα

Verwünschung
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin
Latin
maledictio
In summary

Borrowed from Latin maledictiōnem. See mal and bénédiction. Supplanted the inherited Old French form maleiçon. Cf. also maudition.

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