execrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce execrate in British English:
UK ['eksɪkreɪt]
How to pronounce execrate in American English:
US [ˈɛksɪˌkret]
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- Verb:
- find repugnant
- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Word Origin
- execrate (v.)
- 1560s, from Latin execratus/exsecratus, past participle of execrari/exsecrari "to curse, utter a curse, take a solemn oath with imprecations; hate, abhor," from ex- (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to" (see sacred). Hence, "to devote off or away; to curse." Related: Execrated; execrating.
Example
- 1. Shall execrate you with the ungodly .
- 2. Those that bless you I will bless , those that curse you , I will execrate .
- 3. Those that bless you I will bless , those that curse you , I will execrate . All the families on earth will pray to be blessed as you are blessed .
- 4. The citizen of oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies , but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages upon morality and common sense .