execrator

Variant of execrate

transitive verb execrated, execrating

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

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

intransitive verb

to curse

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