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Meanings of execrate in English

Portuguese
abominar
Catalan
anatematitzar

Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.

      abominar
      Portuguese
      abominar
      Catalan
      abominar
      Spanish
      abominar

      To detest on a high degree; to hate completely.

            abominar
            Usage of execrate in English
            1
            One learns in these aged lands to hate and execrate the past.
            Venetian Life
            2
            Not a few men secretly admire though publicly execrate the Lawton type.
            The Poisoned Pen
            3
            Should he execrate her, or her venerable grandmother, or some unknown person?
            The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
            4
            Then he would glare at Ruth impatiently and execrate the squeamishness of women.
            Told in the East
            5
            These execrate him as the full-grown Golden Calf of heathenish worship.
            Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
            6
            But that is past; I have lived to execrate his memory.'
            Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
            7
            Did I, he would execrate my memory to the day of his death.
            The Beasts of Tarzan
            8
            It is only right you should know they execrate your name.
            Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also t...
            9
            At the very same time, they mutually execrate their masters when viewed separately.
            Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
            10
            We place actors outside of society, and execrate them because they are there.
            The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
            11
            And yet, have I a right to execrate the thrall of the beaker?
            Cleopatra — Volume 04
            12
            If so, Felix has a right to execrate me and my father to--
            The Circular Study
            13
            They will execrate, revile, curse and oppress thee with acute tongues.
            Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
            14
            I not only repent of this love, but I execrate it!
            Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
            15
            The servants seemed more inclined to execrate than welcome him- Omaster!-Oyoungman!
            Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9
            16
            We cannot, as in former instances, wholly execrate the design and approve the punishment.
            Holland: The History of the Netherlands
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