malison

[mal-uh-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈmæl ə zən, -sən /

NOUN

curse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bane expletive obscenity profanity whammy

STRONG

anathema ban blaspheming blasphemy commination cursing cussing damning denunciation execration fulmination imprecation malediction oath obloquy profanation sacrilege swearing vilification

WEAK

cuss word dirty name dirty word double whammy four-letter word naughty words no-no objuration swear word

Antonyms

STRONG

compliment piety praise reverence

Example Sentences

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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mother puts her malison, or curse, upon him, but he rides off.

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

So he was in luck; but he had yet to learn that a mother's malison is sure to bring misfortune some time or another.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur

My malison on all Blockheadisms and torpid stupidities and infidelities; of which this world is full!—

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

Either to take the half of it with her blessing, or the whole of it with her malison.

From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson

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