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execrate
[ ek-si-kreyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
- to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce:
He execrated all who opposed him.
verb (used without object)
- to utter curses.
execrate
/ ˈɛksɪˌkreɪt /
verb
- tr to loathe; detest; abhor
- tr to profess great abhorrence for; denounce; deplore
- to curse (a person or thing); damn
Derived Forms
- ˈexeˌcratively, adverb
- ˈexeˌcrative, adjective
- ˌexeˈcration, noun
Other Words From
- exe·crator noun
- un·exe·crated adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of execrate1
Example Sentences
At the very same time, they mutually execrate their masters when viewed separately.
Why do you not execrate the rustic who sought to destroy the saviour of his child?
They properly execrate Obama’s executive high-handedness that expresses progressivism’s traditional disdain for the separation of powers that often makes government action difficult.
Americans execrate “outsourcing,” which supposedly involves sending “American jobs” overseas.
The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies, but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages upon morality and common sense.
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