malediction
a curse calling down harm or misfortune on someone
Word origin: From Latin male, badly, and dicere, to speak.
Malediction in a sentence
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The wronged sorcerer pronounced a malediction on the king and all his descendants.
The villain in the medieval poem hurls a malediction at the hero, promising ruin to his entire line.
Using “malediction” well
A malediction is a spoken curse calling down harm, the formal opposite of a benediction or blessing. It carries an archaic, ceremonial tone.
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