Meaning & use
execrate
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to feel or express intense hatred or disgust for someone or something.
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Critics execrated the film for its callous treatment of the tragedy.
The dictator was execrated by the very people he once claimed to serve.
A note on using this word
A formal, literary word; in everyday speech people are far more likely to say 'despise' or 'condemn.'
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