execration

ex·e·cra·tion

 (ĕk′sĭ-krā′shən)

n.

1. The act of cursing.

2. A curse.

3. Something that is cursed or loathed.

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ex•e•cra•tion

(ˌɛk sɪˈkreɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of execrating.

2. a curse or imprecation.

3. the object execrated; a thing held in abomination.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	execration - hate coupled with disgust     abhorrence, detestation, loathing, odium, abomination disgust - strong feelings of dislike hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
	2.	execration - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group curse, condemnation denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing anathema - a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication imprecation, malediction - the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
	3.	execration - the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"

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execration

noun

1. A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury:

anathema, curse, damnation, imprecation, malediction.

Archaic: malison.

2. An object of extreme dislike:

abhorrence, abomination, anathema, aversion, bête noire, bugbear, detestation, hate.

Informal: horror.

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Translations

exécration

execration

[ˌeksɪˈkreɪʃən] N (frm) → execración f (frm), abominación f (frm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

execration

n

(= hatred) → Abscheu m

(= curse) → Fluch m, → Verwünschung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

execration

[ˌɛksɪˈkreɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → esecrazione f

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