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execratory Definition


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execrate
verb execrated, execrating
    formal:
    1. To feel or express hatred or loathing of something.
      Thesaurus: detest, abhor, loathe, hate, despise, deplore.
    2. To curse.
      Thesaurus: curse, damn, condemn, denounce, revile, vilify.
Derivative: execration
noun
    An expression of loathing; cursing.
Derivative: execrative
adj
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin exsecrari, exsecratus to curse.



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