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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