Definition of execrate Execrate
ex•e•crate
We found 10 definitions of execrate from 6 different sources.
Advertising
What does execrate mean?
WordNet
Verb |
||
| execrate - find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" | ||
| abhor, loathe, abominate | ||
| detest, hate dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" | ||
| execrate - curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | ||
| accurse, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise | ||
| deplore express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners" | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- execrate (v. t.)
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
execrate
To detest on a high degree; to hate completely. -
execrate
To detest utterly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
execrate
eks′e-krāt, v.t. to curse: to denounce evil against: to detest utterly.—adj. Ex′ecrable, deserving execration: detestable: accursed.—adv. Ex′ecrably.—n. Execrā′tion, act of execrating: a curse pronounced: that which is execrated.—adj. Ex′ecrātive, of or belonging to execration.—adv. Ex′ecrātively.—adj. Ex′ecrātory. [L. exsecrāri, -ātus, to curse—ex, from, sacer, sacred.]
Part of speech
🔤- execrate, verb, present, 1st person singular of execrate (infinitive).
- execrate, verb (infinitive).
Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Advertising
Jump to
Advertising