maledictions
Wishes of harm
Maledictions are curses—utterances calling down evil or misfortune on someone.
The word is formal and literary, often appearing in religious or fantastical contexts: The witch hurled maledictions at the villagers.
A malediction is the opposite of a benediction, which bestows blessing rather than harm.
Malevolent incantation
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- execrationSpoken expression of hatred
spell · incantation · evil-eye · bane · damnation · enchantment · bewitchment · binding
Formal public accusation
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reprobationStern moral disapproval
- vituperationBitter verbal abuse
opprobrium · excoriation · castigation · rebuke · reproach · invective · tirade · harangue
Unavoidable grim fate
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- portentSign of future calamity
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- prognosticationForetelling future events
augury · presage · harbinger · pronouncement · judgment · oracle · sentence · proclamation
hex
Malevolent incantation
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
execration · spell · incantation · evil-eye · bane · damnation · enchantment · bewitchment · binding · oath
denunciation
Formal public accusation
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reprobationStern moral disapproval
vituperation · opprobrium · excoriation · castigation · rebuke · reproach · invective · tirade · harangue · diatribe
doom
Unavoidable grim fate
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- portentSign of future calamity
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
prognostication · augury · presage · harbinger · pronouncement · judgment · oracle · sentence · proclamation · decree
expletive
Profane emotional utterance
obscenity · vulgarity · epithet · cussing · impiety · irreverence · sacrilege
maledictionsblessings
Favors from the divine
benedictions · good wishes · well-wishes · consecrations · beatitudes