ˈeksəˌkrāt, usu -ād.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin execratus, exsecratus, past participle of execrari, exsecrari, from ex- ex- (I) + -secrari (from sacr-, sacer sacred) — more at sacred
transitive verb
1. archaic : to call down curses upon : put under a curse : pronounce accursed
2. : to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce , damn , revile
he was execrated as a murderer and adulterer
3. : to detest utterly : abhor
finally came to execrate the Victorian values — New Yorker
intransitive verb
: curse , swear
he longed to execrate aloud — James Joyce
Synonyms:
curse , damn , anathematize , objurgate : execrate indicates a violent denouncing with intense loathing and, usually, furious passion
for a little while he was execrated in Rome; his statues were overthrown, and his name was blotted from the records — John Buchan
the murder will be added to the many crimes of Egidio Gambara, that posterity may execrate his name — Rafael Sabatini
curse and damn both signify fervent angry denunciation by oaths; the former may seem somewhat more literary than the latter
in literature, with his usual charming violence, he cursed Conrad's style — F.A.Swinnerton
he told me great tales of their cruelty, and he cursed them most bitterly — Hugh Walpole
he mentally damned the cook as the real cause of his distress — F.M.Crofts
damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead — David Farragut
anathematize indicates solemn, although perhaps impassioned, formal denunciation or condemnation, as a churchman's denunciation of evil
in the course of the proceedings of the Council, the earlier deposition of Arius by an Alexandrian synod was confirmed and his teachings were anathematized — Frank Thilly
objurgate may apply to the chiding of extremists
objurgating the present incumbent of the White House