What does "execrate" mean?

To feel loathing for; to abhor.

What is a synonym for "execrate"?

Common synonyms include: abhor, anathematize, anathematize, comminate, curse, damn.

Pronounced //ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt//.

//ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Verb

1
To feel loathing for; to abhor. transitive
"Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]"
2
curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment wordnet
3
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce. transitive
4
find repugnant wordnet
5
To invoke a curse; to curse or swear. archaic, intransitive
"He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently."

"Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]"

From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).

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