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Execrate

Execrate Meaning & Definition
Execrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Execrate?

[v] curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
[v] find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Execrate: abhor | abominate | anathematise | anathematize | anathemize | comminate | loathe

Related Terms | Find terms related to Execrate: abhor | abominate | abuse | accurse | anathematize | ban | bark at | berate | betongue | blacken | blaspheme | blast | censure | condemn | confound | curse | curse and swear | cuss | damn | darn | denounce | detest | dysphemize | excommunicate | fulminate against | hate | hex | hold in abomination | imprecate | jaw | load with reproaches | loathe | objurgate | rag | rail at | rate | rave against | reprehend | reprobate | reprove | revile | scatologize | shudder at | swear | talk dirty | throw a whammy | thunder against | tongue-lash | utterly detest | vilify | vituperate | yell at | yelp at

See Also | deplore | detest | hate

Execrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Execrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Execrating}.] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See {Sacred}.] 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.

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