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I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.
Elie Wiesel

Meaning of "malediction" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MALEDICTION

From Latin maledictiō a reviling, from male ill + dīcere to speak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MALEDICTION

malediction  [ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALEDICTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Malediction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MALEDICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of malediction in the English dictionary

The definition of malediction in the dictionary is the utterance of a curse against someone or something. Other definition of malediction is slanderous accusation or comment.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALEDICTION


addiction
əˈdɪkʃən
affliction
əˈflɪkʃən
benediction
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪkʃən
contradiction
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
conviction
kənˈvɪkʃən
crucifixion
ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən
depiction
dɪˈpɪkʃən
diction
ˈdɪkʃən
eviction
ɪˈvɪkʃən
fiction
ˈfɪkʃən
friction
ˈfrɪkʃən
indiction
ɪnˈdɪkʃən
interdiction
ˌɪntəˈdɪkʃən
jurisdiction
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən
nonfiction
ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən
prediction
prɪˈdɪkʃən
restriction
rɪˈstrɪkʃən
retrodiction
ˌrɛtrəˈdɪkʃən
self-contradiction
ˌsɛlfˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
valediction
ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALEDICTION

male model
male nurse
male prostitute
male thread
male-dominated
male-voice choir
maleate
Malebranche
maledicent
maledict
maledictive
maledictory
malefaction
malefactor
malefactory
malefactress
malefic
malefically
malefice
maleficence

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALEDICTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of malediction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MALEDICTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «malediction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of malediction

Translation of «malediction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALEDICTION

Find out the translation of malediction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of malediction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «malediction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诅咒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

malediction
570 millions of speakers

English

malediction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फटकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لعنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проклятие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

malediction
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিশাপপ্রদান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

malédiction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maladik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fluch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のろい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Malediction
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lời rủa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாபம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beddua
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maledizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przekleństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прокляття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blestem
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

malediction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vervloeking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

malediction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbannelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of malediction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALEDICTION»

The term «malediction» is normally little used and occupies the 112.138 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALEDICTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about malediction

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QUOTES WITH «MALEDICTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word malediction.
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Elie Wiesel
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALEDICTION»

Discover the use of malediction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to malediction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Malediction
"Malediction is a horrifying parable of poisoned faith. No one does the darker shade of noir like Sally Spedding.
Sally Spedding, 2012
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Stolen Songbird
Convinced that Cecile de Troyes can break a witch's curse that has placed them beneath a mountain for five centuries, the trolls kidnap Cecile, while she, as she plots her escape, begins to sympathize with their plight.
Danielle L. Jensen, 2014
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The Malediction
In the religious adventure novel The Malediction, an unexpected savior returns to earth to save mankind from an apocalyptic curse that was rendered after the Battle of Troy.
James Wollrab, 2005
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Benedictine Maledictions: Liturgical Cursing in Romanesque ...
It recounts a trip by the saintly founder to Rome, where he received from Pope Martin I (649-655) some saints' relics, indulgences for pilgrims who came to the monastery, and a solemn malediction for use where and when needed against ...
Lester K. Little, 1996
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Collected Stories
The. Malediction. w. hen a panicky little man looks for a place to stay in an unknown town, the counter-magic of learning abruptly deserts him. The demon spirits that haunted a primitive world are called back out of exile. Slyly, triumphantly, then ...
Tennessee Williams, 1994
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Methodist Review
whole malediction” of the law, he did not aflirm any more than we that the malediction lay upon the man at birth in an mwonditioned form. Between the overlying malediction and the man is interposed the grace of the atonement, limiting and ...
‎1861
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The Liszt Companion
Malediction The last work by Liszt from this period that may be considered a concerto is Malediction for piano and strings, published posthumously in 1 914.24 Several misunderstandings have accrued to the work as a result of this edition.
Ben Arnold, 2002
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The Methodist Quarterly Review
whole malediction” of the law, he did not aflirm any more than we that the malediction lay upon the man at birth in am mwondz'tioned form. Between the overlying malediction and the man is interposed the grace of the atonement, limiting and ...
‎1861
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Journal of the American Oriental Society
deity is asked to curse the offender in some specific way. A third malediction is found in another contract of this reign (KB IV, pp. 78ff.). The formula is the same as the last named. The deities are: Anu, Bel, Ea, Ninmarki, Marduk, SamaS, Sin, ...
‎1915
10
Studies in Early Jewish Epigraphy
The writers of some Akmonian texts not only added a fine to the Jewish malediction but other threats too. The writer of No. 8 started with a fine and the threat of a lawsuit for i\>\ifi(ap\>%ia (violation of the grave), and then added a general curse ...
J. W. Vanhenten, Pieter Willem Van Der Horst, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALEDICTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term malediction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nuclear agreement a boost to civil society in Iran — but also to proxy …
But what comes to most Iranians as a blessing is a malediction to the others, among them Iran hawks and the pro-Israel lobby in Washington, ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
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Nuclear Agreement a Boost to Civil Society in Iran -- but Also to …
But what comes to most Iranians as a blessing is a malediction to the others, among them Iran hawks and the pro-Israel lobby in Washington, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Global Warming- Slowly Raising its Threats for Bangladesh!
It is a malediction for the present century. Due to this curse, the ices in the polar region are melting at a greater rate than expected and cause ... «Dhaka Insider, Jul 15»
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Confessions of a Catholic Novelist
In her cosmos, reality oscillates from malediction to malefaction, and the postlapsarian horror occurs when opposites clash, when the disciple of ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
5
Halt And Catch Fire: “SETI”
Joe's final malediction to Cardiff is effective in its simplicity. “You stay healthy, Nathan.” His own backstory is less pithy: “At the time I thought I ... «A.V. Club Austin, May 15»
6
Legal battle over royal house of Mysore, and one of India's great …
Some however blame an ancient malediction for the family's problems with bearing heirs. The “Talakad curse” was cast upon the dynasty in the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Where To Party in LA This Memorial Day Weekend
A black and white affair for the goth set, or as they put it, “fauxion contrast and bombast,” this colorless bash from Malediction Society offers DJs ... «LA Weekly, May 15»
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Britain's rat race culture is driving our schoolgirls to mental illness
... a moral malediction which values individual attainment above all else. Such is our preoccupation with self-actualisation, the increase of 'me', ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Can This Event Unite LA's Goth, Industrial and Dark Electronic …
These days, staples like Das Bunker, Bar Sinister, Malediction Society and Release the Bats feed the shadows. Much less appreciated is goth ... «LA Weekly, Apr 15»
10
2015 polls: Igbo heroes of change
He was threatened and visited with plenty malediction. But Rochas, the Owelle, stood his ground. He maintained that the Igbo nation would be ... «Daily Sun, Apr 15»

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