BESHREW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beshrew mean? 

• BESHREW (verb)
  The verb BESHREW has 1 sense:

1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

  Familiarity information: BESHREW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BESHREW (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict

Context example:

The bad witch cursed the child

Hypernyms (to "beshrew" is one way to...):

arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody