beshrew

Verb

Synonyms: curse damn bedamn anathemize anathemise imprecate maledict

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon“The bad witch cursed the child”Synonyms: curse damn bedamn anathemize anathemise imprecate maledict

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Beshrew \Be*shrew"\, v. t. To curse; to execrate. [1913 Webster]

Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. --Schmidt. [1913 Webster]