He inveighed againſt the Folly of making oneſelf liable for the Debts of others; vented many bitter Execrations againſt the Brother; and concluded with wiſhing ſomething could be done for the unfortunate Family.
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Execration
//ɛksɪˈkɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "execration" (87 found)
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12 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- проклятие noun (act or instance of cursing)
Catalan
1 entries- execració noun (act or instance of cursing)
French
1 entries- exécration noun (act or instance of cursing)
Georgian
2 entries- დაწყევლა noun (act or instance of cursing)
- შეჩვენება noun (act or instance of cursing)
German
3 entries- Abscheu noun (act or instance of cursing)
- Fluch noun (act or instance of cursing)
- Verwünschung noun (act or instance of cursing)
Latin
2 entries- exsecratio noun (act or instance of cursing)
- imprecātiō noun (act or instance of cursing)
Portuguese
1 entries- execração noun (act or instance of cursing)
Spanish
1 entries- execración noun (act or instance of cursing)
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[W]hile all mourned and honoured the dead, thou hast lived to merit our hate and execration—lived to unite thyself with the vile tyrant who murdered thy nearest and dearest— […]
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When some of those brave and honest though misguided men who had sate in judgment on their King were dragged on hurdles to a death of prolonged torture, their last prayers were interrupted by the hisses and execrations of thousands.
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For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.
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