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31Detest — De*test , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. d[… …
32Detested — Detest De*test , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.… …
33Detesting — Detest De*test , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.… …
34execrative — execratively, adv. /ek si kray tiv, kreuh /, adj. 1. pertaining to or characterized by execration. 2. prone to execrate. [1820 30; EXECRATE + IVE] * * * …
35despise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scorn, disdain, hold in contempt, hate. Ant., love. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scorn, disdain, contemn, hate, look down on, look down upon, spurn, sneer at, flout, dislike, loathe, detest, abhor; see… …
36detest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hate, abhor, despise, abominate. Ant., love. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hate, abhor, loathe, despise; see hate 1 . See Synonym Study at hate . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. hate, loathe, despise,… …
37Malediction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Malediction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 malediction malediction malison curse imprecation denunciation execration anathema ban proscription excommunication commination thunders of the Vatican fulmination …
38Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …
39sacred — [14] Sacred is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin sacer ‘sacred, holy’ (which itself came from the same base that produced Latin sancīre ‘consecrate’, source of English saint, sanctuary, etc). Many of them come via the… …
40execrable — late 14c., from O.Fr. execrable, from L. execrabilis/exsecrabilis execrable, accursed, from execrari/exsecrari (see EXECRATE (Cf. execrate)). Related: Execrably …
