execrate
verb
1 execrate
Find repugnant.
synonyms: abhor, abominate, loathe.
Roget 898:
hate,
detest,
abominate,
abhor,
loathe;
recoil at,
shudder at;
shrink from,
view with horror,
hold in abomination,
revolt against,
execrate;
scowl
etc.
895;
disrelish
etc.
(dislike)
867.
owe a grudge;
bear spleen,
bear a grudge,
bear malice
etc.
(malevolence)
907;
conceive an aversion to,
take a dislike to.
excite hatred,
provoke hatred
etc.
n.;
be hateful
etc.
adj.;
stink in the nostrils;
estrange,
alienate,
repel,
set against,
sow dissension,
set by the ears,
envenom,
incense,
irritate,
rile;
horrify
etc.
830;
roil.
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Dutch: gruwelen van, verwerpen, gruwen van, walgen van, haten, afkeer hebben, verfoeien, gruwen, verafschuwen, walgen
2 execrate
Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate.
Roget 908:
curse,
accurse†,
imprecate,
damn,
swear at;
curse with bell book and candle;
invoke curses on the head of,
call down curses on the head of;
devote to destruction.
execrate,
beshrew†,
scold;
anathematize
etc.
(censure)
932;
bold up to execration,
denounce,
proscribe,
excommunicate,
fulminate,
thunder against;
threaten
etc.
909.
curse and swear;
swear,
swear like a trooper;
fall a cursing,
rap out an oath,
damn.
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Roget 932:
disapprove;
dislike
etc.
867;
lament
etc.
839;
object to,
take exception to;
be scandalized at,
think ill of;
view with disfavor,
view with dark eyes,
view with jaundiced eyes;
nil admirari [Lat.],
disvalue†;
improbate†.
frown upon,
look grave;
bend the brows,
knit the brows;
shake the head at,
shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose
etc.
(contempt)
930;
look askance,
look black upon;
look with an evil eye;
make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at;
set one's face against.
dispraise,
discommend†,
disparage;
deprecate,
speak ill of,
not speak well of;
condemn
etc.
(find guilty)
971.
blame;
lay blame upon,
cast blame upon;
censure,
fronder [Fr.],
reproach,
pass censure on,
reprobate,
impugn.
remonstrate,
expostulate,
recriminate.
reprehend,
chide,
admonish;
berate,
betongue†;
bring to account,
call to account,
call over the coals,
rake over the coals,
call to order;
take to task,
reprove,
lecture,
bring to book;
read a lesson,
read a lecture to;
rebuke,
correct.
reprimand,
chastise,
castigate,
lash,
blow up,
trounce,
trim,
laver la tete [Fr.],
overhaul;
give it one,
give it one finely;
gibbet.
accuse
etc.
938;
impeach,
denounce;
hold up to reprobation,
hold up to execration;
expose,
brand,
gibbet,
stigmatize;
show up,
pull up,
take up;
cry 'shame' upon;"
be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against.
execrate
etc.
908;
exprobate†,
speak daggers,
vituperate;
abuse,
abuse like a pickpocket;
scold,
rate,
objurgate,
upbraid,
fall foul of;
jaw;
rail,
rail at,
rail in good set terms;
bark at;
anathematize,
call names;
call by hard names,
call by ugly names;
avile†,
revile;
vilify,
vilipend†;
bespatter;
backbite;
clapperclaw†;
rave against,
thunder against,
fulminate against;
load with reproaches.
exclaim against,
protest against,
inveigh against,
declaim against,
cry out against,
raise one's voice against.
decry;
cry down,
run down,
frown down;
clamor,
hiss,
hoot,
mob,
ostracize,
blacklist;
draw up a round robin,
sign a round robin.
animadvert upon,
reflect upon;
glance at;
cast reflection,
cast reproach,
cast a slur upon;
insinuate,
damn with faint praise;
hint a fault and hesitate dislike;"
not to be able to say much for.
scoff at,
point at;
twit,
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
sneer at
etc.
(despise)
230;
satirize,
lampoon;
defame
etc.
(detract)
934;
depreciate,
find fault with,
criticize,
cut up;
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
take exception;
cavil;
peck at,
nibble at,
carp at;
be censorious
etc.
adj.;
pick holes,
pick a hole,
pick a hole in one's coat;
make a fuss about.
take down,
take down a peg,
set down;
snub,
snap one up,
give a rap on the knuckles;
throw a stone at,
throw a stone in one's garden;
have a fling,
have a snap at;
have words with,
pluck a crow with;
give one a wipe,
give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.
incur blame,
excite disapprobation,
scandalize,
shock,
revolt;
get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion,
be under a cloud,
come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame,
stand corrected;
have to answer for.
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Dutch: vervloeken
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