imprecation
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for imprecation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of calling down evil or misfortune upon someone.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun formal
The act of calling down evil or misfortune upon someone.
“The old sailor's imprecation against the captain was overheard by the whole crew.”
How to use imprecation
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
This is a formal or literary word, more likely to appear in writing than in casual conversation.
Etymology
The word is a learned borrowing from Latin imprecatio, meaning the calling down of curses. This noun is built from the verb imprecor, meaning to call down or invoke something upon someone.
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