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| | imprecation | (อิมพระเค' เชิน) n. การสาปแช่ง, การแช่ง, การแช่งด่า, Syn. execration |
| | | สบถ | (v) swear, See also: curse, abuse, revile, imprecate, Example: เขาสบถว่าถ้าผิดคำพูดขอให้ฟ้าผ่าตาย, Thai Definition: อ้างสิ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์ให้ลงโทษตนเองเมื่อไม่เป็นไปอย่างพูด, Notes: (บาลี/สันสกฤต) |
| | สบถ | [sabot] (v) EN: swear ; curse ; abuse ; revile ; imprecate |
| | | imprecation | (n) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult), Syn. malediction, Example: he suffered the imprecations of the mob | | imprecation | (n) a slanderous accusation | | curse | (v) utter obscenities or profanities, Syn. imprecate, blaspheme, cuss, swear, Example: The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street | | curse | (v) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon, Syn. maledict, imprecate, bedamn, damn, anathemise, anathemize, beshrew, Ant. bless, Example: The bad witch cursed the child |
| | Imprecate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imprecated p. pr. & vb. n. Imprecating ] [ L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray. See Pray. ] 1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. [ 1913 Webster ] Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. [ 1913 Webster ] In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Imprecation | n. [ L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation. ] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. [ 1913 Webster ] Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley. Syn. -- Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See Malediction. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Imprecatory | a. Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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