execrate
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)execrated, execrating
- find repugnant“I loathe that man”“She abhors cats”Synonyms: abhorloatheabominateMore general hate, detest
- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishmentSynonyms: accurseanathemizecomminateanathemiseanathematizeanathematiseMore general deplore
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ex′e·crate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Execrated; present participle & verbal noun Execrating.]
Origin: L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. “They... execrate their lct.” William Cowper
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54