malediction(名词):诅咒;咒骂;恶意的咒语或咒词。(较正式/文学用语;也可泛指对他人的恶毒咒骂。)
/ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/
The witch uttered a malediction and vanished into the woods.
女巫念出一句诅咒,随即消失在树林里。
His bitter malediction against the city revealed more about his own grief than about its flaws.
他对这座城市恶毒的咒骂,更多暴露的是他自身的悲伤,而非城市的缺陷。
来自拉丁语 maledictio,由 **male-**(“坏地、恶意地”)+ dictio(“说、言辞”)构成,字面意思是“说坏话/恶言”,逐渐固定为“诅咒、咒骂”的含义。