"execrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/, /ˈɛksɪkɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-execrate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: execrates [present, singular, third-person], execrating [participle, present], execrated [participle, past], execrated [past]
Etymology: From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|exsecrārī}} Latin exsecrārī, {{m|la|execrārī}} execrārī, {{m|la|ex||out}} ex (“out”), {{m|la|sacrāre||to consecrate, declare accursed}} sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”) Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: transitive Translations (to feel loathing for): отвращавам се (otvraštavam se) (Bulgarian), exécrer (French), verabscheuen (German), exsecror (Latin), execrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-execrate-en-verb-RtVHg0lA Disambiguation of 'to feel loathing for': 97 2 1
  2. (transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce Tags: transitive Synonyms: anathematize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, obdurate Translations (to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce): ненавиждам (nenaviždam) (Bulgarian), exsecror (Latin), execrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-execrate-en-verb-Y4TXdw9O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 75 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 65 20 Disambiguation of 'to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce': 5 93 2
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear Tags: archaic, intransitive Translations ((archaic) to invoke a curse): проклинам (proklinam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-execrate-en-verb-306LFCv9 Disambiguation of '(archaic) to invoke a curse': 2 12 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: execrable, execration, execrative, execratory Related terms: consecrate, desecrate

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for execrate meaning in English (4.7kB)

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      "sense": "to feel loathing for",
      "word": "отвращавам се"
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      "sense": "to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce",
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