BESHREW

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

(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; “The bad witch cursed the child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

beshrew (third-person singular simple present beshrews, present participle beshrewing, simple past and past participle beshrewed)

(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.

(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.

Anagrams

• Hebrews, Shebrew

Source: Wiktionary

Be*shrew", v. t.

Definition: To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition