execrate
verb/ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/
Etymology
From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).
- derived from exsecrārī
Definitions
To feel loathing for
To feel loathing for; to abhor.
- Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]
- And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.
To invoke a curse
To invoke a curse; to curse or swear.
- He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.
The neighborhood
- neighborconsecrateetymologically related
- neighbordesecrateetymologically related
Derived
execrable, execration, execrative, execrator, execratory, unexecrated
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA