EXECRATION

execration

(noun) the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated

execration, condemnation, curse

(noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium

(noun) hate coupled with disgust

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

execration (countable and uncountable, plural execrations)

An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.

That which is execrated; a detested thing.

Anagrams

• excreation

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex`e*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.]

1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn.

– See Malediction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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