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mal·e·dict M0058700 (măl′ĭ-dĭkt′) Archaic adj. Accursed.tr.v. mal·e·dict·ed, mal·e·dict·ing, mal·e·dicts To pronounce a curse against. [Middle English maladicte, from Latin maledictus, past participle of maledīcere, to curse : male, ill; see mel- in Indo-European roots + dīcere, to speak; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]maledict (ˈmælɪdɪkt) vb (tr) literary to utter a curse againstadjarchaic cursed or detestablemal•e•dict (ˈmæl ɪ dɪkt) adj. Archaic. 1. accursed. v.t. 2. to put a curse on. [1540–50; < Late Latin maledictus] maledict Past participle: maledicted Gerund: maledicting
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maledict | maledict |
Present |
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I maledict | you maledict | he/she/it maledicts | we maledict | you maledict | they maledict |
Preterite |
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I maledicted | you maledicted | he/she/it maledicted | we maledicted | you maledicted | they maledicted |
Present Continuous |
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I am maledicting | you are maledicting | he/she/it is maledicting | we are maledicting | you are maledicting | they are maledicting |
Present Perfect |
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I have maledicted | you have maledicted | he/she/it has maledicted | we have maledicted | you have maledicted | they have maledicted |
Past Continuous |
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I was maledicting | you were maledicting | he/she/it was maledicting | we were maledicting | you were maledicting | they were maledicting |
Past Perfect |
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I had maledicted | you had maledicted | he/she/it had maledicted | we had maledicted | you had maledicted | they had maledicted |
Future |
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I will maledict | you will maledict | he/she/it will maledict | we will maledict | you will maledict | they will maledict |
Future Perfect |
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I will have maledicted | you will have maledicted | he/she/it will have maledicted | we will have maledicted | you will have maledicted | they will have maledicted |
Future Continuous |
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I will be maledicting | you will be maledicting | he/she/it will be maledicting | we will be maledicting | you will be maledicting | they will be maledicting |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been maledicting | you have been maledicting | he/she/it has been maledicting | we have been maledicting | you have been maledicting | they have been maledicting |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been maledicting | you will have been maledicting | he/she/it will have been maledicting | we will have been maledicting | you will have been maledicting | they will have been maledicting |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been maledicting | you had been maledicting | he/she/it had been maledicting | we had been maledicting | you had been maledicting | they had been maledicting |
Conditional |
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I would maledict | you would maledict | he/she/it would maledict | we would maledict | you would maledict | they would maledict |
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I would have maledicted | you would have maledicted | he/she/it would have maledicted | we would have maledicted | you would have maledicted | they would have maledicted | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | maledict - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, cursebring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" | Adj. | 1. | maledict - under a curse accursed, accurstcursed, curst - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" |
maledictverbArchaic. To invoke evil or injury upon:anathematize, curse, damn, imprecate.Informal: cuss.Archaic: execrate.maledictenUK
Synonyms for maledictverb to invoke evil or injury uponSynonyms- anathematize
- curse
- damn
- imprecate
- cuss
- execrate
Synonyms for maledictverb wish harm uponSynonyms- anathemise
- anathemize
- bedamn
- beshrew
- damn
- imprecate
- curse
Related Words- bring up
- call down
- conjure
- conjure up
- invoke
- call forth
- put forward
- arouse
- evoke
- stir
- raise
adj under a curseSynonymsRelated Words |