Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To invoke evil upon; curse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wish a curse to; execrate.
- In modern use, a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation, in the form of the imperative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To curse; to execrate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To
invoke orwish evil upon; tocurse . - verb transitive A mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation, in the form of the imperative.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I don't beshrew a company for pumping out its product.
Mike Amato: Simon Cowell's AI Spill: Time to "Top Kill" American Idol Mike Amato 2010
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“The Lord of Gilsland is right,” said the Lady Calista, much agitated at the thoughts of the investigation which was to take place; “and besides, if I had presence of mind enough to forge a plausible story, beshrew me if I think I should have the courage to tell it.”
The Talisman 2008
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Nay, beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips.
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Do dearly love her; yea, beshrew the damned wrong,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Do dearly love her; yea, beshrew the damned wrong,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Elephant and Castle, beshrew me, thy trumpeting must have made thee thirsty.
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I did but refresh myself after the fatigue of the action, with the unbeliever, with one humming cup of sack, and was proceeding to lead forth my captive, when, crash after crash, as with wild thunder-dint and levin-fire, down toppled the masonry of an outer tower, (marry beshrew their hands that built it not the firmer!) and blocked up the passage.
Ivanhoe 2004
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Honest Bardolph, welcome: if thou wantest any thing, and wilt not call, beshrew thy heart.
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“I envious? — beshrew thy heart for the word!” replied the handicraft.
Kenilworth 2004
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But beshrew me, he cried, clapping hand to his forehead, tomorrow will be a new day and, thousand thunders, I know of a MARCHAND DE CAPOTES,
Ulysses 2003
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