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malediction

N การ สาปแช่ง  การ เช่ง ด่า  การ ด่า  imprecation malison curse kan-sab-chang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MALEDICTION

n.[L. maledictio; male, evil, and dico, to speak. ] Evil speaking; denunciation of evil; a cursing; curse or execration.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALEDICTION

Mal `e *dic "tion, n. Etym: [L. maledictio: cf. F. malédiction. See Maledicent. ]

 

Defn: A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction. No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow.

 

Syn. -- Cursing; curse; execration; imprecation; denunciation; anathema. -- Malediction, Curse, Imprecation, Execration. Malediction is the most general term, denoting bitter reproach, or wishes and predictions of evil. Curse implies the desire or threat of evil, declared upon oath or in the most solemn manner. Imprecation is literally the praying down of evil upon a person. Execration is literally a putting under the ban of excommunication, a curse which excludes from the kingdom of God. In ordinary usage, the last three words describe profane swearing, execration being the strongest.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

malediction

mal e dic tion |ˌmaləˈdikSHən ˌmæləˈdɪkʃən | noun a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse. DERIVATIVES mal e dic tive |-ˈdiktiv |adjective, mal e dic to ry |-ˈdiktərē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin maledictio (n- ), from maledicere speak evil of.

 

Oxford Dictionary

malediction

malediction |ˌmalɪˈdɪkʃ (ə )n | noun a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil; a curse. DERIVATIVES maledictive adjective, maledictory adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin maledictio (n- ), from maledicere speak evil of .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

malediction

malediction noun the maledictions of the evil doctor: curse, damnation, oath; spell, hex, jinx; formal imprecation; literary anathema; archaic execration. ANTONYMS blessing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

malediction

malediction noun the simple villagers were terrified by his maledictions: curse, oath, imprecation, execration; anathema, voodoo, spell; cursing, damning, damnation; N. Amer. hex; archaic malison. ANTONYMS blessing.

 

French Dictionary

malédiction

malédiction n. f. nom féminin Désastre qui semble lié au mauvais sort. : La malédiction frappe cette équipe: un des joueurs s ’est blessé, puis trois autres sont touchés. SYNONYME fatalité ; malchance ; malheur . ANTONYME bénédiction .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

malediction

mal e dic tion /mæ̀lɪdɪ́kʃ (ə )n /名詞 C ⦅古 ⦆のろい (の言葉 ); 悪口 .