execration

Noun
Synonyms: abhorrenceabominationdetestationloathingodiumcondemnationcurse

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. hate coupled with disgustSynonyms: abhorrenceabominationdetestationloathingodium
  2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some groupSynonyms: condemnationcurse
  3. the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Execration \Ex`e*cra"tion\, n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. ex['e]cration.]

1.The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. [1913 Webster]

Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.That which is execrated; a detested thing. [1913 Webster]

Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse.— Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn: See Malediction. [1913 Webster]

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