'Execrate' definitions:
Definition of 'execrate'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment [syn: accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise]
Definition of 'Execrate'
From: GCIDE
- Execrate \Ex"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating.] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.] 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. "They . . . execrate their lct." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'execrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhor,
- abominate,
- abuse,
- accurse,
- anathematize,
- ban,
- bark at,
- berate,
- betongue,
- blacken,
- blaspheme,
- blast,
- censure,
- condemn,
- confound,
- curse,
- curse and swear,
- cuss,
- damn,
- darn,
- denounce,
- detest,
- dysphemize,
- excommunicate,
- fulminate against,
- hate,
- hex,
- hold in abomination,
- imprecate,
- jaw,
- load with reproaches,
- loathe,
- objurgate,
- rag,
- rail at,
- rate,
- rave against,
- reprehend,
- reprobate,
- reprove,
- revile,
- scatologize,
- shudder at,
- swear,
- talk dirty,
- throw a whammy,
- thunder against,
- tongue-lash,
- utterly detest,
- vilify,
- vituperate,
- yell at,
- yelp at