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Meaning of "maledictive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MALEDICTIVE

maledictive  [ˌmælɪˈdɪktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALEDICTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maledictive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MALEDICTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maledictive in the English dictionary

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


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALEDICTIVE


addictive
əˈdɪktɪv
adjective
ˈædʒɪktɪv
afflictive
əˈflɪktɪv
benedictive
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪv
conflictive
kənˈflɪktɪv
constrictive
kənˈstrɪktɪv
contradictive
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktɪv
depictive
dɪˈpɪktɪv
fictive
ˈfɪktɪv
inflictive
ɪnˈflɪktɪv
interdictive
ˌɪntəˈdɪktɪv
jurisdictive
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪktɪv
magnetostrictive
mæɡˌniːtəʊrɪˈstrɪktɪv
nonaddictive
ˌnɒnəˈdɪktɪv
nonrestrictive
ˌnɒnrɪˈstrɪktɪv
predictive
prɪˈdɪktɪv
restrictive
rɪˈstrɪktɪv
retrodictive
ˌretrəˈdɪktɪv
vasoconstrictive
ˌveɪzəʊkənˈstrɪktɪv
vindictive
vɪnˈdɪktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALEDICTIVE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALEDICTIVE

active
alternative
attractive
collective
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
inactive
interactive
objective
perspective
productive
prospective
protective
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of maledictive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maledictive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALEDICTIVE

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The translations of maledictive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maledictive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

maledictive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maledictive
570 millions of speakers

English

maledictive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

maledictive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

maledictive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

maledictive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maledictive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিসম্পাতপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maledictive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maledictive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

maledictive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

maledictive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

maledictive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Malediktif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

maledictive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maledictive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्रासदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maledictive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maledictive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maledictive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

maledictive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maledictive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

maledictive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maledictive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maledictive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maledictive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maledictive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALEDICTIVE»

The term «maledictive» is used very little and occupies the 193.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALEDICTIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALEDICTIVE»

Discover the use of maledictive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maledictive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hate Crimes
Traditional Millian theory posits that free speech is the most important mechanism to achieve a greater tolerance of difference and thus create a dynamic marketplace for truth to flourish.2 In responding to maledictive hate,3 theorists such as ...
Barbara Perry, 2009
2
Pilgrimage in Ireland: The Monuments and the People
In addition to the Big Station with its maledictive stones there are two others within the Caiseal, one of which, the Altoir Beag, the Small Altar or Station (Fig. 15), has a fine cross-decorated pillar. It is only one of a number of finely carved stele ...
Peter Harbison, 1995
3
The Book of Secrets
While in snake or hybrid form, hereditary and maledictive were-king cobras can use a mesmerizing dance called the “Dance of the Cobra.” All those within 60 feet who watch the snake's hypnotic dance must save vs. paralysis or be enthralled ...
David Colon
4
Anecdota Oxoniensia: Mediaeval and modern series
... and 1 Leg. Iudica, Domine, nocentes me (Ps. 34). * See a poem on thèse maledictive psalms (sailm escaine) of Adamnan in Hibtmica Minora, P- 44- portauerit 7 propter Mariam matrem Iesu Christi per quam totus THE LAW OF ADAM N AN «3.
‎1900
5
Sexual Misbehavior In the Civil War: A Compendium
Chapter. 24. BAD. LANGUAGE. Maledictive. language is either blasphemous or sexual or both. Exodus 20:7clearly prohibits the inappropriate invocation of the Deity. Purely religious cursing is a field for theologians, and beyond the purview of ...
Thomas P. Lowry, 2006
6
Hibernica minora: being a fragment of an Old-Irish treatise ...
A poem on twenty maledictive Psalms (sailm escaine) as arranged by Adamnan, followed by the names of twenty apostles and saints that are to be invoked with each Psalm. As to the use of these maledictive psalms see Trip. Life, pp. n4 and ...
Kuno Meyer, 1894
7
Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language
Such stones are believed, to the present day, to be possessed of miraculous properties for healing sicknesses, and are used for swearing on, and also as maledictive stones. This latter was an ancient pagan practice in use among the ...
Margaret Stokes, 1878
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Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian ...
Maledictive stones were kept on the altar of a church, and were used for cursing. In exsecration the left hand was placed on the stone, which, as the imprecation was pronounced, was thrice rotated in the direction opposite to the sun's course,  ...
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1901
9
Vindiciæ Symbolicæ; or, a treatise on Creeds, Articles of ...
This maledictive interpretation is, on general views, utterly inadmissible : in the present case, it is moreover excluded by special considerations. It is inconsistent with what has been already said respecting the merciful purpose of the anathema : ...
Thomas William LANCASTER, 1848
10
Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Maledictive stones were kept on the altar of a church, and were used for cursing. In exsecration the left hand was placed on the stone, which, as the imprecation was pronounced, was thrice rotated in the direction opposite to the sun's course,  ...
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1901

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« EDUCALINGO. Maledictive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maledictive>. May 2024 ».
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