execrate
to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce: He execrated all who opposed him.
to utter curses.
Origin of execrate
1Other words from execrate
- ex·e·cra·tor, noun
- un·ex·e·crat·ed, adjective
Words Nearby execrate
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How to use execrate in a sentence
They were of no more account than the rest of the excited populace that knew Davis but to execrate him.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.And even to-day those who execrate him seem to carry in their own souls particles of his thought.
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete | Guy de MaupassantI execrate the enslavement of the mind of our young children by the ecclesiastics.
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. BrooksHusbands driving wives to taste their power execrate the creature for her fall deep downward.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithI am a bankrupt both in fortune and in heart, and can only pray you will hasten to forget—that you may forbear to execrate me!'
Camilla | Fanny Burney
British Dictionary definitions for execrate
/ (ˈɛksɪˌkreɪt) /
(tr) to loathe; detest; abhor
(tr) to profess great abhorrence for; denounce; deplore
to curse (a person or thing); damn
Origin of execrate
1Derived forms of execrate
- execration, noun
- execrative or execratory, adjective
- execratively, adverb
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