Definition of "imprecatory" [im•pre•ca•to•ry]

• That imprecates (adjective)
• That invokes evil (adjective)

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• "Nor are these isolated instances: depending on how you count them, the biblical book includes about 20 "imprecatory," or cursing, psalms among its 150."
• "I’m not personally outraged — merely amused and mildly irritated — but I think the outrage is traceable not to the idea of imprecatory prayer, but to the screwed up moral code behind it."
• "Sometimes called the imprecatory psalms, these hymns request God’s help in destroying an enemy."