Meaning & use
malediction
A curse, or a spoken wish that harm or misfortune will come to someone.
See it in a sentence
The old woman muttered a malediction at the men who had cheated her.
In the legend, a malediction dooms anyone who enters the tomb uninvited.
A note on using this word
Malediction is a formal, literary word; 'curse' is the everyday equivalent.
Words with a similar meaning
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