#908. Malediction. -- N. malediction, malison[obs], curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination[obs], thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha[obs]; aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation.
abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing &c. v.; profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility.
threat &c. 909; more bark than bite; invective &c. (disapprobation) 932.
V. curse, accurse[obs], imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction.
execrate, beshrew[obs], scold; anathematize &c. (censure) 932; bold up to execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder against; threaten &c. 909.
curse and swear; swear, swear like a trooper; fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn.
Adj. cursing, cursed &c. v.
Int. woe to! beshrew[obs]! ruat coelum[Lat]! ill betide, woe betide; confusion seize! damn! damn it! damn you! damn you to hell! go to hell! go to blazes! confound! blast! curse! devil take! hang! out with! a plague upon! out upon! aroynt[obs]! honi soit[Fr]! parbleu[Fr]!
Phr. delenda est Carthago[Lat].