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Verb: execrate  'ek-su`kreyt
  1. Find repugnant
    "She execrates cats"
    - abhor, loathe, abominate
     
  2. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
    - accurse, anathemize, comminate, anathemise [Brit], anathematize, anathematise [Brit]

Derived forms: execrated, execrates, execrating

See also: execration

Type of: deplore, detest, hate

Encyclopedia: Execrate

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