Antonyms for execration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ek-si-krey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk sɪˈkreɪ ʃən

Definition of execration

Origin : late 14c., from Latin execrationem (nominative execratio), noun of action from past participle stem of execrari "to hate, curse," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to holiness or to destruction, consecrate," from sacer "sacred" (see sacred).

noun hating

Example sentences :

In his own dominions the voice of execration has been raised against him.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

Thy memory will be an execration to the third and fourth generation.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Some hereditary instinct admitted that as a just excuse for execration.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

There were words of reproach, encouragement, unbelief, execration.
Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad

Tonet did not quaver at the stare of execration his brother gave him.
Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

Everyone was curious to see them, and howls of execration greeted them as they passed.
Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

His name is now rarely mentioned, except with contempt or execration.
Extract from : « Captain Cook » by W.H.G. Kingston

It was a raucous howl of execration, a bellow of rage, inarticulate, deafening.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

A perfect yell of scorn and execration followed this announcement.
Extract from : « Eric, or Little by Little » by Frederic W. Farrar

Whatever he had intended to say was drowned by another howl of execration.
Extract from : « A Dog with a Bad Name » by Talbot Baines Reed

Synonyms for execration

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