imprecative /ɪmˈpɹɛkətɪv/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Pertaining to the imprecative mood. noun1 •A grammatical mood, found in some languages, used for curses (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the optative mood, which is used for wishes in general. formsimprecatives