execrationn.
/ɛksɪˈkreɪʃən/ 1. The action of execrating.† a. The action of solemnly laying under a curse; an instance of this. Obsolete or archaic.
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the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of saying
cursingc950
waryingc1200
accursinga1382
execration1382
cursement1393
banninga1400
malloka1400
malediction1447
comminationa1464
imprecation1589
the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > action of saying
cursingc950
waryingc1200
accursinga1382
execration1382
cursement1393
banninga1400
malediction1447
detestation?a1475
imprecation1589
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xv. 15 Thei sworen to the Lord with a grete voice..with execracioun.
c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 34 The power of the word..to rebuke and giue ouer to execration.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila 21 The Execration of the Son of thy Love.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 126 To assist with the religious Ceremony of Execration.
1754–62 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxi. 210 The ecclesiastics..kept the world in subjection by holy execrations.
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (xxvi. 27–9) 426 An oath of execration on the transgressor.
b. The utterance of curses (as an expression of hatred).
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun]
curse10..
imprecation1589
anathema1603
execration1688
the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > public expression of condemnation
detestation?a1475
execration1688
consecration1700
ban1790
commination1813
denouncement1836
denunciation1842
denouncing1862
j'accuse1899
1688 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 379 IV. 174 The Lord Chancellor was taken and brought amid universal execration of the People before the Lord Mayor.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. viii. 104 The name of Maurice was mentioned, with execration.
1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 79 A tempest of execration and derision..burst on the servants of the Company.
c. Utter detestation; intense abhorrence.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]
wlatingc725
wlatc960
ugginga1325
uglinessc1325
loathingc1340
abominationc1350
wlatsomenessc1380
wlatingness1382
fastidie?a1425
loathsomenessc1425
ugsomenessc1450
horribility1496
detestation1526
abhorring1528
dislikingc1540
fastidiousness1541
abhorfulness1556
fulsomeness1563
execration1570
abhorment1576
detesting1591
loath?1591
abhorrence1592
abhorrency1596
dislike1597
distaste1598
disgust1611
nausea1619
oppositeness1619
nauseousness1622
detest1638
wearisomeness1642
repugnance1643
odium1645
abhorrition1649
abominate1651
nausity1654
disdain1655
repugnancy1681
degoust1716
repulsion1751
self-repugnance1852
kick1893
1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Cor. xvi. 22 If any man loue not the Lord Iesus Christe, let him be had in execration.]
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 15/2 It [sc. the title pope] is now worthely come into contempt & execration.
1676 E. Stillingfleet Def. Disc. Idolatry i. i.147 The Indians when they meant the Devil they called him Cupay; and at the naming him did spit on the ground in token of execration.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiv. 282 The Peruvian Indians held the name..in execration.
1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. i. 91 The Sicilian Vespers have long been made a subject of horror and execration.
2. An uttered curse; an anathema, an imprecation.
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the mind > language > malediction > [noun]
cursea1050
malisonc1300
woea1425
evil thee1509
thunderbolt1559
vae1559
thunder-crack1577
ban1590
wish1597
anathema1603
imprecation1603
execration1605
thunder-clap1610
deprecationa1661
effulminationa1670
Maranatha1769
winze1786
cuss1829
sailor's blessing1876
blessing1878
sailor's farewell1937
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 866 With such black, and bitter execrations..she fills the ayre. View more context for this quotation
1631 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 7) III. Contin. 94/2 All the Countrie..with execrations detested them.
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 21 The Romane proverbiall execration, abi in malam Crucem.
1793 E. Parsons Woman as she should Be II. 207 I could write volumes..in execrations against the match.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 88 Lords, Whose very dogs would execrations howl Against his lineage.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iv. 100 A man who..would have been hunted from society with execrations.
3. That which is execrated; an object of cursing.
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the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > person or thing cursed
accursed1340
curse1382
maledictc1460
execration1611
the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > thing cursed
execration1611
1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xliv. 12 They shall be an execration and a reproach.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xiv. 22 Clumsy Poet~rabble, an age's execration!
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