different between execrate vs execration

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.

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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

English

Etymology

From Latin execr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ks??k?e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ks??k?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ex?e?cra?tion

Noun

execration (countable and uncountable, plural execrations)

1. An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
   • 1946 April 11, Albert Camus; Stuart Gilbert, transl., part 2, chapter V, in The Stranger, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, OCLC 343192; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, June 1967 (12th printing), OCLC 1990040, page 154:

     For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing.

Related terms

• execrate
• execrative
• execrator
• execratory

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Anagrams

• excreation