Synonyms for execrate
Definitions
- v. 1
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.
- v. 2
To feel loathing for; to abhor.
Related words
- Word family
- execrable execration
Forms
- Past participle
- execrated
e.g. execrated → anathematized, cursed, accurst, damned…
Example sentences
- damn I'm sorry, but I'm not paid enough to give a damn.
- curse Don't curse or I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
- hate All the members of the committee hate one another.
- loathe I loathe Tom even more for what he has done to Mary.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| execrate | steady | |
| damn | rising | |
| curse | rising | |
| anathematize | steady | |
| accurse | steady | |
| hate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ban1
- 4 letters
- damn1, hate1
- 5 letters
- swear1, curse1, abhor2
- 6 letters
- loathe1, detest2
- 7 letters
- condemn2, beshrew, accurse
- 8 letters
- obdurate3, maledict
- 9 letters
- abominate, imprecate, comminate
- 10 letters
- anathemise
- 12 letters
- anathematize, anathematise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abhor2 = 2 syllables).