MEANING
A spoken curse invoking harm or misfortune upon someone.
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Words that belong together
- utter an imprecation
- muttered imprecations
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She hurled an imprecation at the retreating figure.
The old inscription ended with an imprecation against intruders.
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- imprecation
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular: imprecation; plural: imprecations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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