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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprecating
  1. cursing
  2. condemning
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  • Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Obumseli chronicled their arguments in a series of recordings, which caught Clenney angrily screaming, berating and cursing him out using racist slurs.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of cursing
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  • When asked whether Cunningham’s supporters had received fair treatment from the WNBA, Paxton stopped short of condemning the league.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to the payments, Harvard Medical School agreed to provide families with a statement condemning Lodge’s actions and summarizing improvements made to the Anatomical Gift Program.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of condemning
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“Imprecating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecating. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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