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EXECRATE
accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
(verb) find repugnant; “I loathe that man”; “She abhors cats”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)
(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
(transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce
Synonyms: anathematize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, obdurate
(intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
Anagrams
• excetera, excreate
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"e*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating.] Etym: [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.]
Definition: To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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