execrate
Meanings
Verb
- find repugnant
- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- To feel loathing for; to abhor.
- To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.
- To invoke a curse; to curse or swear.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).
Synonyms
abhor, abominate, accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, loathe, maledict, obdurate
Scrabble Score: 17
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