different between abominate vs execrate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination. Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin ab?min?tus, past participle of ab?minar? (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?m.??n??t/, /??b?m.??n??t/
• (adjective): (US) IPA^(key): /?.?b?m.?.?n??t/, /?.?b?m.?.?n??t/, /?.?b?m.?.n?t/

Adjective

abominate (comparative more abominate, superlative most abominate)

1. (rare) Abominable; detested. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

Verb

abominate (third-person singular simple present abominates, present participle abominating, simple past and past participle abominated)

1. (transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]

   Synonym: abhor
2. (transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Synonyms

• (to abhor): abhor, loathe, detest
• See also Thesaurus:hate

Derived terms

• abominator

Related terms

• abomination

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

abominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of abominare
2. second-person plural imperative of abominare
3. feminine plural of abominato

Latin

Verb

ab?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ab?min?

English

Etymology

From Latin exsecr?r?, execr?r?, from ex (“out”) + sacr?re (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).

Verb

execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)

1. (transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
   • 1932, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Nicodemus, "Prodigal Son":

     And were I not a thing for you and me

     To execrate in angish, you would be

     As indigent a stranger to surprise,

     I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.

2. (transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce

   Synonyms: anathematize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, obdurate

3. (intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
   • 1914, James Joyce, Dubliners, "Counterparts":

     He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• execrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• execrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• execrate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “execrate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• excetera, excreate

Latin

Participle

execr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of execr?tus