English Dictionary

execrate

/ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/

verb

(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor / (transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce / (intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear

I execrate the actions of the corrupt politicians.

意味（1）

(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor

And were I not a thing for you and me

To execrate in angish, you would be

As indigent a stranger to surprise,

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.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear

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