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[ UK /bɪʃɹˈuː/ ]
VERB
  1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    The bad witch cursed the child

How To Use beshrew In A Sentence

  • “I envious? — beshrew thy heart for the word!” replied the handicraft. Kenilworth
  • 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
  • And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness. Tales from Shakespeare
  • 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
  • The first alternative is hard, but the second too grievous for impaired powers of endurance; I must therefore find what expression I may, and tell you how my life has been beshrewed ever since, a boy of twelve, I first incurred the obloquy of being shy. Apologia Diffidentis
  • ” And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness. Othello
  • “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
  • Beshrew her heart, what a fright she put me to!
  • Nay, beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips. The Fair Maid of Perth
  • "Beshrew the fellow," I said to myself as I left him, carefully closing the door, so that the sound should not shake him; "he is little better than a woman, and yet I have become as fond of him as though he were my brother."
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