execrate — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To feel loathing for; to abhor.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]

   And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.

2. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   anathematizecomminatecursedamnimprecatemaledictobdurate

3. To invoke a curse; to curse or swear.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Intransitive

   Examples

   He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.

Verb

1. find repugnant

   Synonyms

   abhorloatheabominate

   Broader terms

   hatedetest

   Examples

   I loathe that man

   She abhors cats

2. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

   Synonyms

   accurseanathemizecomminateanathemiseanathematizeanathematise

   Broader terms

   deplore