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  • 71Execration — Ex e*cra tion, n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. ex[ e]cration.] 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. [1913 Webster] Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.… …

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  • 72Hate — Hate, n. [OE. hate, hete, AS. hete; akin to D. haat, G. hass, Icel. hatr, SW. hat, Dan. had, Goth. hatis. Cf. {Hate}, v.] Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised… …

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  • 73Hatred — Ha tred (h[=a] tr[e^]d), n. [OE. hatred, hatreden. See {Hate}, and cf. {Kindred}.] Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil. Syn: Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity;… …

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  • 74Horror — Hor ror, n. [Formerly written horrour.] [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h?sh to bristle.] 1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.… …

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  • 75Infamous — In fa*mous, a. [Pref. in not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See {Infamy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; …

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  • 76Ingenuous — In*gen u*ous, a. [L. ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in in + the root of gignere to beget. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}.] 1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 77Loathing — Loath ing, n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation. [1913 Webster] The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 78Odium — O di*um ([=o] d[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Cf. {Annoy}, {Noisome}.] 1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. [1913 Webster] She threw the odium of the… …

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  • 79Odium theologicum — Odium O di*um ([=o] d[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Cf. {Annoy}, {Noisome}.] 1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. [1913 Webster] She threw the odium of… …

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  • 80Outcry — Out cry , n. 1. A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor. [1913 Webster] 2. Sale at public auction. Massinger. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …

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