execrate
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execrate
- /ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/
- /ˈɛksɪkɹeɪt/
Where it comes from
From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).
verb execrates · execrating · execrated
- To feel loathing for; to abhor. Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]
- To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.
- To invoke a curse; to curse or swear. He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.
