winze

noun

Definition of winzenext
Scottish
as in curse
a prayer that harm will come to someone uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land

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  1. curse
  2. malediction
Noun
  • That 2016 film introduced Johnson as demigod Maui alongside Auli’i Cravalho as the titular girl with exceptional navigation skills, with the pair teaming up to stop a curse from targeting her island.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026
  • Everything the man is touching nowadays turns into gold for him and rot for the rest of us, a curse any smart person would avoid.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of curse
Noun
  • Whatever the reason—gold lust, bad luck, a malediction—the Prince de Conty continues to bring ill fortune upon those in its ambit, even two hundred and seventy-eight years after its demise.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • What’s more, Presence imbues the song with a story centered around death, misfortune, and perhaps even malediction.
    — SPIN Contributor, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
Definition of malediction
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