execrate

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Verb

execrate (execrates, present participle execrating; past and past participle execrated)

1. (transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
   • 1932, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Nicodemus, "Prodigal Son":

     And were I not a thing for you and me

     To execrate in angish, you would be

     As indigent a stranger to surprise,

     I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.

2. (transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce

   Synonyms: anathematize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, obdurate

3. (intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
   • 1914, James Joyce, Dubliners, "Counterparts":

     He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.

Related terms

• consecrate
• desecrate

Translations

• French: exécrer
• German: verabscheuen
• Spanish: execrar

Translations

• Spanish: execrar

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