EXECRATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("execration" is a kind of...):

object (the focus of cognitions or feelings)

Derivation:

execrate (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment)

execrate (find repugnant)

Meaning:

An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

Synonyms:

condemnation; curse; execration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("execration" is a kind of...):

denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "execration"):

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))

Derivation:

execrate (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment)

Meaning:

Hate coupled with disgust

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("execration" is a kind of...):

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

Derivation:

execrate (find repugnant)