imprecation

imprecation

noun

Definition of IMPRECATION

a prayer that harm will come to someone <the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards>

Synonyms anathema, ban, execration, imprecation, malediction, malison, winze [Scottish]

Related Words censure, condemnation, damnation, denunciation, excommunication; hex, hoodoo, jinx, mojo, spell, voodoo, whammy; pox

Near Antonyms citation, commendation, endorsement (also indorsement)

Antonyms benediction, benison, blessing