MALISON Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

malison

noun

ˈma-lə-sən

Definition of malison

as in curse

a prayer that harm will come to someone muttered terrible malisons against the people trying to seize her family's property

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Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
What did Widow’s Bay creator and showrunner Katie Dippold see in Matthew Rhys as Tom Loftis, mayor of the New England island town plagued by a historic curse?

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

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