execrate

ex·e·crate

verb

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.

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execrate

transitive verb

-·crat·ed, -·crat·ing

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

Origin of execrate

from Classical Latin execratus, past participle of execrare, to curse from ex-, out + sacrare, to consecrate from sacer, sacred

to curse

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execrate

transitive verb

ex·e·crat·ed, ex·e·crat·ing, ex·e·crates

To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
To feel loathing for; abhor.
Archaic To invoke a curse on.

Origin of execrate

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

Related Forms:

ex′e·cra′tive ex′e·cra·to′ry
adjective

ex′e·cra′tor
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)

To feel loathing for; abhor.
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
(archaic) To invoke a curse.

Origin

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

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