English-Thai Dictionary

imprecation

N การ สาปแช่ง  การ แช่งด่า  curse oath kan-sab-chang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPRECATION

n.[L. imprecatio.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil on any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPRECATION

Im `pre *ca "tion, n. Etym: [L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation.]

 

Defn: The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley.

 

Syn. -- Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See Malediction.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imprecation

im pre ca tion |ˌimpriˈkāSHən ˌɪmprəˈkeɪʃən | ▶noun formal a spoken curse: she hurled her imprecations at anyone who might be listening. DERIVATIVES im pre ca to ry |ˈimprikəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin imprecatio (n- ), from imprecari ‘invoke (evil ),’ from in- ‘toward ’ + precari ‘pray. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

imprecation

im ¦pre |ca ¦tion |ɪmprɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun formal a spoken curse: I pushed my way through, screaming imprecations. DERIVATIVES imprecatory |ˈɪmprɪkeɪt (ə )ri, ɪmˈprɛkət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin imprecatio (n- ), from imprecari ‘invoke (evil )’, from in- ‘towards ’ + precari ‘pray ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imprecation

imprecation noun See curse (sense 1 of the noun ) & curse (sense 4 of the noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imprecation

imprecation noun formal 1 he cursed himself with the most dreadful imprecations: curse, malediction, anathema; N. Amer. hex; Irish cess; archaic execration, malison, ban. ANTONYMS bless. 2 he abused her with a stream of imprecations: swear word, curse, expletive, oath, profanity, four-letter word, obscenity, epithet, dirty word; (imprecations ) swearing, cursing, blaspheming, blasphemy, sacrilege, bad language, foul language, strong language, colourful language; N. Amer. cuss word; archaic execration.

 

French Dictionary

imprécation

imprécation n. f. nom féminin littéraire Malédiction lancée contre quelqu ’un. : Formuler de terribles imprécations contre quelqu ’un. ANTONYME bénédiction .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imprecation

ì m pre c á tion 名詞 ｟かたく ｠C のろい [ののしり ] (の言葉 )(curse ); U 人をのろうこと .