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execrate
[ ek-si-kreyt ]
verb (used with object)
, ex·e·crat·ed, ex·e·crat·ing.
- to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
- 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.
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈexeˌcratively, adverb
- ˈexeˌcrative, adjective
- ˌexeˈcration, noun
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Other Words From
- exe·crator noun
- un·exe·crated adjective
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Word History and Origins
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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
They were of no more account than the rest of the excited populace that knew Davis but to execrate him.
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And even to-day those who execrate him seem to carry in their own souls particles of his thought.
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I execrate the enslavement of the mind of our young children by the ecclesiastics.
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Husbands driving wives to taste their power execrate the creature for her fall deep downward.
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I 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!'
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