What does execrate mean?
Execrate means (transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor..
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/ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor..
Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]
And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.
He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.
Use execrate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Execrate means (transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor..
Common synonyms include anathematize, comminate, curse, damn.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]
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