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execration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abhorrence, abomination, detestation, loathing, odium |
| Type of | hate, disgust, hatred |
| Derivation | execrate |
execration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | condemnation, curse |
| Type of | denunciation, denouncement |
| Has types | imprecation, malediction, anathema |
| Derivation | execrate |
execration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | object |
| Derivation | execrate |
Examples of execration
execration
It was greeted by an almost unanimous chorus of critical execration.
From the bloomberg.com
Regular rituals of execration denounce the infidel and the Evil One.
From the theatlantic.com
American would-be assassins are deterred because they know they will meet only execration and exclusion.
From the us.cnn.com
The execration that poured down upon the Dutchman from the Hampden stands was almost liquid in its intensity.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The use of this word as an adjective or noun applied to a homosexual has received unusually prolonged execration.
From the guardian.co.uk
At each stage he has made himself harder to follow, provoked howls of execration from those left behind, and attracted an ever-larger, more demanding audience.
From the npr.org
Forgiving its brutal standard-bearers in Vietnam and Cambodia the most abominable of atrocities, Wallis was unsparing in his execration of American military efforts.
From the ideas.time.com
Of course, any attempt to sum up the character of this man would require to avoid the excessive laudation of the Chinese on the one hand, and the unmitigated execration of Dntch writers on the other.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Abhorrence: hate coupled with disgust
- An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- The object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
- (execrate) abhor: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
- (execrate) accurse: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- A curse (also called a jinx, hex or execration) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entityu2014one or more persons, a place, or an object...
- An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation; That which is execrated; a detested thing
- (execrate) To feel loathing for; abhor; To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce; To invoke a curse
- (Execrate) To curse, denounce, or call down evil on.
