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malediction

[mal-i-dik-shuhn]

noun

  1. a curse; imprecation.

    Synonyms: ,
    Antonyms:
  2. the utterance of a curse.

  3. slander.



malediction

/ ˌæɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the utterance of a curse against someone or something

  2. slanderous accusation or comment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • maledictive adjective
  • maledictory adjective
  • unmaledictive adjective
  • unmaledictory adjective
  • ˌˈ徱پ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of malediction1

1400–50; late Middle English malediccion < Latin 徱پō- (stem of 徱پō ) slander ( Late Latin: curse). See male-, diction
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Word History and Origins

Origin of malediction1

C15: from Latin 徱پō a reviling, from male ill + ī to speak
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Example Sentences

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“They include alienating Trump and incurring his malediction, and discovering that there are just not enough anti-Trump Republicans to win him a swing-state primary,” he said.

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Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.

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Despite this Sisyphean malediction, with each call for new proposals, the community still tries to push its boulder back to the mountaintop.

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A salvor who declines to donate their winnings to the poor no longer risks “the curse and malediction of our mother the holy church,” as the law was written in the 1100s.

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James, 13, who was eliminated during Wednesday’s third round by the word “malediction,” said the opportunity to meet people and represent his home have been the most rewarding parts of the contest.

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