imprecate
Verb
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- utter obscenities or profanities
- To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin imprecari (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”), from in (“upon”) + precari (“to pray”).
Synonyms
anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, blaspheme, curse, cuss, damn, maledict, swear
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
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