execrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.

L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.

imperfect & past participle Execrated ; present participle & verbal noun Execrating

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.