execrate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/, /ˈɛksɪkɹeɪt/ === Verb === execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated) (transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor. (transitive) To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce. Synonyms: anathematize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, obdurate (intransitive, archaic) To invoke a curse; to curse or swear. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “execrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “execrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “execrate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “execrate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === excreate, excetera, ex cetera == Latin == === Participle === execrāte vocative masculine singular of execrātus == Spanish == === Verb === execrate second-person singular voseo imperative of execrar combined with te