Execration

/ɛksɪˈkɹeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "execration" (94 found)

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More general

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ceremonial practicedenouncementdenunciationdisgusthatehatredobjectritual actspeech actverbal expression

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curse wordmaledictionritual cursespoken maledictionverbal condemnation

Collocations

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public execrationreligious execrationritual execrationsolemn execrationstrong execrationutter execration

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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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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[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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