imprecating

verb

present participle of imprecate
as in cursing
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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  1. cursing
  2. condemning
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  • In New York, the son of the league's former supervisor of officials was captured on television apparently cursing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Some of us would like to spend less time cursing sun damage, some of us have been honing a gentle routine for managing acne for years, and some of us want to smooth without exacerbating rosacea or eczema.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of cursing
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  • The brazen, unmasked calls to erase Israel triggered fierce bipartisan backlash from lawmakers condemning the rising wave of open extremism.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Reddit users have been posting about the problem, and condemning Sega and the game’s developer, Creative Assembly.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemning
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“Imprecating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecating. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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