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execrate

[ ek-si-kreyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·e·crat·ed, ex·e·crat·ing.
  1. to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
  2. to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce:

    He execrated all who opposed him.



verb (used without object)

, ex·e·crat·ed, ex·e·crat·ing.
  1. to utter curses.

execrate

/ ˈɛksɪˌkreɪt /

verb

  1. tr to loathe; detest; abhor
  2. tr to profess great abhorrence for; denounce; deplore
  3. to curse (a person or thing); damn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈexeˌcratively, adverb
  • ˈexeˌcrative, adjective
  • ˌexeˈcration, noun
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Other Words From

  • exe·crator noun
  • un·exe·crated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of execrate1

1555–65; < Latin ex ( s ) ecrātus (past participle of ex ( s ) ecrārī to curse), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + secr- (combining form of sacrāre to consecrate; sacrament ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of execrate1

C16: from Latin exsecrārī to curse, from ex- 1+ -secrārī from sacer sacred
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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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