imprecation
noun
[ ɪmprɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a spoken curse.
• "I pushed my way through, screaming imprecations"
Similar:
curse,
malediction,
anathema,
hex,
cess,
execration,
malison,
ban,
swear word,
expletive,
oath,
profanity,
four-letter word,
obscenity,
epithet,
dirty word,
swearing,
cursing,
blaspheming,
blasphemy,
sacrilege,
bad language,
foul language,
strong language,
colourful language,
cuss word,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin imprecatio(n- ), from imprecari ‘invoke (evil)’, from in- ‘towards’ + precari ‘pray’.
