Meaning & use
execration
A strong curse or expression of hatred, or the state of being intensely despised.
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The tyrant's name was met with execration long after his death.
She muttered a quiet execration at the driver who cut her off.
A note on using this word
Execration is a formal, literary word; in everyday speech people simply say "curse" or "condemnation."
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