Execrate

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
  • v. To feel loathing for; abhor.
  • v. Archaic To invoke a curse on.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To feel loathing for; abhor.
  • v. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
  • v. To invoke a curse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To curse; imprecate evil upon; hence, to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
  • To declare to be accursed; denounce as deserving to be cursed or abominated.
  • Synonyms See comparison under malediction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. find repugnant
  • v. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
  • Verb Form
    execrated    execrates    execrating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hate    detest    deplore   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    curse    abhor    abominate