Thesaurus: execration

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1. n. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
2. n. That which is execrated; a detested thing.
3. n. hate coupled with disgust
4. n. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
5. n. the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
6. 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak. 2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18. Syn. -- See Malediction.
7. n. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group n. the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated