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MALEDICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maledict mean? 

MALEDICT (adjective)
  The adjective MALEDICT has 1 sense:

1. under a curseplay

  Familiarity information: MALEDICT used as an adjective is very rare.


MALEDICT (verb)
  The verb MALEDICT has 1 sense:

1. wish harm upon; invoke evil uponplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MALEDICT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Under a curse

Synonyms:

accursed; accurst; maledict

Similar:

cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)


MALEDICT (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 "maledict" 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

Derivation:

malediction (the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult))


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