Synonyms: execrate, comminate, accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize
Definition: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Similar words: deplore
Definition: express strong disapproval of
Usage: We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners
Synonyms: beshrew, bedamn, anathemise, anathemize, imprecate, curse, damn, maledict
Definition: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Usage: The bad witch cursed the child
Similar words: bring up, call down, call forth, invoke, conjure, conjure up, arouse, put forward, raise, evoke, stir
Definition: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Usage: raise the specter of unemployment; he conjured wild birds in the air; call down the spirits from the mountain