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Execration

Execration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Execration? [n] the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated [n] an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group [n] hate coupled with disgust Synonyms \| Synonyms for Execration: abhorrence \| abomination \| condemnation \| curse \| detestation \| loathing \| odium Related Terms \| Find terms related to Execration: abhorrence \| abomination \| abuse \| anathema \| Anglophobia \| antipathy \| anti-Semitism \| assailing \| assault \| attack \| aversion \| ban \| berating \| bigotry \| bitter words \| blackening \| blasphemy \| commination \| contumely \| curse \| cursing \| cussing \| damnation \| denunciation \| despitefulness \| detestation \| diatribe \| dislike \| evil eye \| excommunication \| fulmination \| hard words \| hate \| hatred \| hex \| imprecation \| invective \| jawing \| jeremiad \| loathing \| malevolence \| malice \| malignity \| malison \| malocchio \| misandry \| misanthropy \| misogyny \| odium \| onslaught \| peeve \| pet peeve \| philippic \| phobia \| profanity \| proscription \| race hatred \| racism \| rating \| repugnance \| revilement \| Russophobia \| screed \| spite \| spitefulness \| swearing \| thundering \| tirade \| tongue-lashing \| vials of hate \| vials of wrath \| vilification \| vituperation \| whammy \| xenophobia See Also \| anathema \| denouncement \| denunciation \| disgust \| hate \| hatred \| imprecation \| malediction \| object Execration In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`e*cra"tion\, n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. ex['e]cration.] 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}.

Execration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Execration?

[n] the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
[n] an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
[n] hate coupled with disgust

Execration In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex`e*cra"tion\, n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F.
ex['e]cration.]
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}.

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