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BEDAMN

Dictionary entry overview: What does bedamn mean?

• BEDAMN (verb)
The verb BEDAMN has 1 sense:

1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Familiarity information: BEDAMN used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BEDAMN (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; damn; imprecate; maledict; curse

Context example:

The bad witch cursed the child

Hypernyms (to "bedamn" is one way to...):

arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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