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

Madoff looked strangely content in the back of the car as he was driven away to a future of unremitting execration.

From The Daily Beast

Many of the Girondists in the Assembly gave vehement but unavailing utterance to their execration of the massacres.

From Project Gutenberg

A howl of execration burst forth, but it was stayed by the entrance of two people from the private portion of the palace.

From Project Gutenberg

A violent reaction took place on the accession of Decius, whose name became an object of execration to mankind.

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The Greek word has become blended with the Hebrew phrase, and the compound used as a formula of execration.

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In a succession of libels Spencer Cowper was held up to the execration of the public.

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