execration

[ ek-si-krey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of execrating.
2. a curse or imprecation:

   The execrations of the prophet terrified the sinful multitude.

3. the object execrated; a thing held in abomination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of execration¹

1350–1400; Middle English execracioun < Latin ex ( s ) ecrātiōn- (stem of ex ( s ) ecrātiō ). See execrate, -ion

Example Sentences

George III wasn't personally a slave owner, and a previously revealed essay by him, which drew on work by French writer Charles de Montesquieu, makes a strong moral case against the slave trade, describing it as an "execration".

From BBC

And if they are remembered at all, it will be with execration and contempt.

From Washington Post

There’s a long, proud tradition in comedy of taking advantage of whatever stage and microphone you’ve been handed and doing whatever you can to ensure you’re greeted with howls of execration.

From Slate

To howls of execration from the world’s media, his insistence has torpedoed efforts to update the treaty.

From The Guardian

Loathing, hate, detestation, dislike, distaste, abhorrence, abomination, execration, resentment, aversion, hostility, ill will, ill feeling, bad feeling, enmity, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, animus, revulsion, disgust, contempt, repugnance, odium, rancour, disrelish – 27 synonyms for hatred, none of which we’re really meant to feel in real life, all of which mean nothing relative to Rangers v Celtic.

From The Guardian