IMPRECATED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

imprecated

verb

past tense of imprecate

as in cursed

to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her

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The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Unlike Tithonus, cursed to age forever, electoral rules can and should be renewed.

— Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

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Commentators from around the world condemned the decision and said any US success from then on would be tainted.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the Paraguayan president had written to him to express support and condemned the remarks.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026

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