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beshrew
(archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
💬 Quotations
I had expected to freeze her young – or, rather, middle-aged – blood and have her perm stand on end like quills upon the fretful porpentine, and she hadn't moved a muscle. “Beshrew me,” I said, “you take it pretty calmly.”
An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.