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
- 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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