execrate

  • 11execrate — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 12execrate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To curse] Syn. revile, accurse, denounce; see curse 2 . 2. [To detest] Syn. loathe, abhor, abominate; see hate 1 . See Synonym Study at curse . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To regard with extreme dislike and hostility:… …

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  • 13execrate — ex|e|crate [ˈeksıkreıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: exsecratus, past participle of exsecrari, from sacer holy ] literary to express strong disapproval or hatred for someone or something …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14execrate — ex|e|crate [ eksə,kreıt ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL to criticize someone severely …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15execrate — ex·e·crate || eksɪkreɪt v. hate, despise; curse …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 16execrate — [ ɛksɪkreɪt] verb 1》 feel or express great loathing for. 2》 archaic curse; swear. Derivatives execration noun execrative adjective execratory adjective Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as execration): from L. exsecrat …

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  • 17execrate — v. a. 1. Curse, imprecate ill upon, call down curses on. 2. Abominate, detest, hate, abhor …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 18execrate — verb (T) literary to express strong disapproval or hatred for someone or something …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19execrate — v 1. abhor, abominate, loathe, despise, detest, hate; have an aversion to, feel hostility toward, be hostile to, not be able to bear or abide. 2. curse, Archaic. accurse, damn, swear at, anathematize, revile, imprecate, invoke evil upon,… …

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  • 20execrate — ex·e·crate …

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