Meaning of EXECRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `eksu'kreyshun
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- [n] the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
- [n] an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- [n] hate coupled with disgust
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| | Synonyms: | | abhorrence, abomination, condemnation, curse, detestation, loathing, odium |
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| | See Also: | | anathema, denouncement, denunciation, disgust, hate, hatred, imprecation, malediction, object | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. --Shak.
2. That which is execrated; a detested thing.
Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. --Jer.
xlii. 18.
Syn: See {Malediction}.
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| | Related Terms: | | abhorrence, abomination, abuse, anathema, Anglophobia, antipathy, anti-Semitism, assailing, assault, attack, aversion, ban, berating, bigotry, bitter words, blackening, blasphemy, commination, contumely, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, despitefulness, detestation, diatribe, dislike, evil eye, excommunication, fulmination, hard words, hate, hatred, hex, imprecation, invective, jawing, jeremiad, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignity, malison, malocchio, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, odium, onslaught, peeve, pet peeve, philippic, phobia, profanity, proscription, race hatred, racism, rating, repugnance, revilement, Russophobia, screed, spite, spitefulness, swearing, thundering, tirade, tongue-lashing, vials of hate, vials of wrath, vilification, vituperation, whammy, xenophobia |
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