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Imprecate

To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

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Verb group 2

Blaspheme 84% connected

To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Blaspheme 84% connected

To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 9

Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conjure 76% connected

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Invoke 76% connected

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imprecation 74% connected

The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Imprecation 74% connected

The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swearer 74% connected

One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swearer 74% connected

One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Beshrew 92% connected

To curse; to execrate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Blaspheme 92% connected

To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Curse 92% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Damn 92% connected

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Maledict 92% connected

Accursed; abominable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swear 92% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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