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execrate

[ ek-si-kreyt ]

verb (used with object)

execrated, execrating.
  1. to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
  2. to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce:

    He execrated all who opposed him.



verb (used without object)

execrated, execrating.
  1. to utter curses.

execrate

/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to loathe; detest; abhor
  2. tr to profess great abhorrence for; denounce; deplore
  3. to curse (a person or thing); damn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌپ, adverb
  • ˈˌپ, adjective
  • ˌˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·tǰ noun
  • ܲ··e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of execrate1

1555–65; < Latin ex ( s ) 𳦰ٳܲ (past participle of ex ( s ) 𳦰ī to curse), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + secr- (combining form of to consecrate; sacrament ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of execrate1

C16: from Latin exs𳦰ī to curse, from ex- 1+ -s𳦰ī from sacer sacred
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Many Democrats striving to replace President Trump are, while execrating him, paying him the sincerest form of flattery: imitation.

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And of the fact that the president has repeatedly execrated the invasion of Iraq that Bolton advocated.

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This man they’d execrated and denounced had shocked the world—not just by being his shocking self but by winning; nobody expected him to win!—and yet from them this evoked no reaction.

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Though the Democrats’ advantage over the GOP in voter identification is not particularly large — eight points, according to Gallup — 24 percent of Americans now accept the no-longer execrated label “liberal,” up seven points since 1992.

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They properly execrate Obama’s executive high-handedness that expresses progressivism’s traditional disdain for the separation of powers that often makes government action difficult.

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