Converse of object

• utter: They found the apparent lunatic struggling in the grasp of two or three gentlemen and uttering imprecations of the most violent kind.

• mutter: The great joy of the moment, however, is dancing to music instead of the sound of my own breathing and muttered imprecations.

Adjective modifier

• dreadful: By the light of his lamp he saw the ambush and " with dreadful imprecations " called to his companions to bring pistols.