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detestation
Strong dislike or hatred; abhorrence.
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  1. Strong dislike or hatred; abhorrence.
  2. Intense dislike or hatred; loathing
  3. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
abhorrence
Something abhorred; something repugnant
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  1. Something abhorred; something repugnant
  2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
  3. An abhorring; loathing; detestation
abomination
A cause of abhorrence or disgust.
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  1. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.
  2. Anything hateful and disgusting
  3. Abhorrence; disgust.
malediction
A calling down of evil on someone; curse
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  1. A calling down of evil on someone; curse
  2. The calling down of a curse.
  3. A curse.
anathema
A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
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  1. A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
  2. A solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a teaching judged to be gravely opposed to accepted church doctrine, or of the originators or supporters of such a teaching
  3. A vehement denunciation; a curse:
condemnation
A reason or occasion for condemning.
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  1. A reason or occasion for condemning.
  2. The state of being condemned.
  3. The act of condemning.
anathema
A thing or person greatly detested
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  1. A thing or person greatly detested
  2. A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
  3. A vehement denunciation; a curse:
curse
A profane, obscene, or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc.
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  1. A profane, obscene, or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc.
  2. Evil or injury that seems to come in answer to a curse
  3. A calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing
damnation
Failure or ruination incurred by adverse criticism.
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  1. Failure or ruination incurred by adverse criticism.
  2. The act of damning or the condition of being damned.
  3. Condemnation to everlasting punishment; doom.
imprecation
The act of imprecating.
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  1. The act of imprecating.
  2. The act of imprecating evil, etc. on someone
  3. A curse.
malediction
A calling down of evil on someone; curse
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  1. A calling down of evil on someone; curse
  2. The calling down of a curse.
  3. A curse.
malison
(Archaic) A curse
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  1. (Archaic) A curse
abhorrence
One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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  1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
  3. Something abhorred; something repugnant
abomination
Abhorrence; disgust.
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  1. Abhorrence; disgust.
  2. An abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing
  3. Anything hateful and disgusting
anathema
The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
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  1. The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
  2. A thing or person greatly detested
  3. One that is greatly reviled, loathed, or shunned:
aversion
An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
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  1. An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
  2. The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
  3. The act or fact of averting:
bugbear
Anything causing seemingly needless or excessive fear or anxiety
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  1. Anything causing seemingly needless or excessive fear or anxiety
  2. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children.
  3. An imaginary hobgoblin or terror used to frighten children into good conduct
detestation
Something detested.
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  1. Something detested.
  2. Intense dislike or hatred; loathing
  3. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
hate
A person or thing hated
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  1. A person or thing hated
  2. A strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
  3. Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
horror
A genre of fiction or other artistic work evoking suspense and horror, especially through the depiction of gruesome or supernatural elements.
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  1. A genre of fiction or other artistic work evoking suspense and horror, especially through the depiction of gruesome or supernatural elements.
  2. A genre of fiction, films, comic books, etc. characterized by the depiction of frightening events and, variously, ghosts, vampires, monsters, etc.
  3. The strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance
Find another word for execration. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for execration, like: detestation, abhorrence, abomination, malediction, anathema, condemnation, hatred, curse, anathema, curse and damnation.

Sentence Examples

  • "No tears are shed for nations," cried Francis, whose sympathy for the Revolution was as passionate as Burke's execration of it.

  • This young Mahratta, since known to universal execration as the arch-villain of the Mutiny, was secretly burning with a sense of injury received from the Indian government.

  • Benedict, however, was obliged to bow before the execration of the Romans.

  • Marat's name was long an object of execration on account of his insistence on the death penalty.

  • Execration of Haman, as the typical persecutor of the Jews, took various forms. In Germany wooden mallets were used in the synagogue to beat the benches when Haman's name was read out from the scroll of Esther, and during the festivities these mallets were sometimes used on the heads of the bystanders.

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