transitive verb execrated -·crat′·ed, execrating -·crat′·ing

1. to call down evil upon; curse
2. to speak abusively or contemptuously of; denounce scathingly
3. to loathe; detest; abhor

Etymology: < L execratus, pp. of execrare, to curse < ex-, out + sacrare, to consecrate < sacer, sacred

intransitive verb