Wordfinder

Execrate definition

ĕksĭ-krāt
execrated execrates execrating
See word origin
Frequency:
To execrate is to detest, or to express great hatred.

If you deeply dislike your boss and you curse and swear at him, this is an example of a time when you execrate.

verb
0
0
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
verb
0
0
To feel loathing for; abhor.
verb
0
0
(archaic) To invoke a curse on.
verb
0
0
To call down evil upon; curse.
verb
0
0
Advertisement
To speak abusively or contemptuously of; denounce scathingly.
verb
0
0
To loathe; detest; abhor.
verb
0
0
To curse.
verb
0
0
To feel loathing for; abhor.
verb
0
0
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
verb
0
0
Advertisement
(archaic) To invoke a curse.
verb
0
0

Origin of execrate

  • Latin execrārī execrāt- ex- ex- sacrāre to consecrate (from sacer sacred sak- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).

    From Wiktionary