execrate
verb
[ ˈɛksɪkreɪt ]
• feel or express great loathing for.
• "they were execrated as dangerous and corrupt"
Similar:
revile,
denounce,
decry,
condemn,
vilify,
detest,
loathe,
hate,
abhor,
abominate,
despise,
regard with disgust,
feel disgust for,
feel aversion/revulsion to,
excoriate,
anathematize,
vilipend,
• curse; swear.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin exsecrat- ‘cursed’, from the verb exsecrari, based on sacrare ‘dedicate’ (from sacer ‘sacred’).
