execrate

/ɛɡzˈɛkɹeɪt/

[verb]

to execrate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to hold or display extreme hatred toward something or someone

synonyms : abhor

abominate

loathe

curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

synonyms : accurse

Examples

1. Basically, the Smoot-Hawley bill, which just about everybody execrates these days, stimulated a move to change our tariff policy from Congress legislating it in detail to the executive branch negotiating in detail.

2. We heard our names execrated in the streets in the most terrible terms whenever we appeared on the streets of Boston.

3. We heard our names execrated in the streets in the most terrible terms whenever we appeared on the streets of Boston.

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