as in cursing
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon
I would beshrew anyone who is untrue to his word
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And then also not cursing and catching FCC violations.—
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His mother, the dancing, cursing, haggling aunt is now an arthritic septuagenarian.—
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“Beshrewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beshrewing. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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