Execration
[,eksi'kreiʃәn]
Definition
(noun.) the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated.
(noun.) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group.
Editor: Sonya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
(n.) That which is execrated; a detested thing.
Edited by Benson
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil.[2]. Detestation, abhorrence, abomination, horror, hateful thing.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Curse, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, detestation, malediction
ANT:[See BENEDICTION]
Typist: Marcus
Examples
- The Count made a clutch at his pistol, and muttered an execration, but, thinking better of it, recovered his temper, and burst out laughing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In a moment she relapsed into the delirium of fanaticism, and, but that her gentle nature forbade, would have loaded me with execrations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was not Sambo, however, but Legree, who was pursuing them with violent execrations. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The tears flowed with every rake, and so did the fervent execrations. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Rodney