Execration Definition

ĕksĭ-krāshən
noun
The act of execrating; a cursing, denouncing, etc.
Webster's New World
A curse.
Webster's New World
A person or thing cursed or detested.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Execration

Noun

Singular:
execration
Plural:
execrations

Origin of Execration

  • From Latin exsecratus, which is composed of ex and sacer "sacred".

    From Wiktionary

Execration Sentence Examples

  • This young Mahratta, since known to universal execration as the arch-villain of the Mutiny, was secretly burning with a sense of injury received from the Indian government.

  • Benedict, however, was obliged to bow before the execration of the Romans.

  • Marat's name was long an object of execration on account of his insistence on the death penalty.

  • The report, however, sealed the fate of the Giolitti cabinet, and on the 24th of November it resigned amid general execration.

  • You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXE

Words Ending With

NONION

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