Execrate - English meaning

verb

Regard with disgust and hatred.

Usage examples:

He abhorred sexism in every form

verb

To hate something or someone

Usage examples:

His opponent abhors the death penalty., she has an abhorrence of violence., his attitude of superio…

verb

Detest; loathe.

Usage examples:

They abominated the very idea of monarchy

verb

To hate something very much

Usage examples:

He abominates cruelty of all kinds.

verb

Curse; condemn.

Usage examples:

He anathematized them as ‘bloody scroungers’

verb

To criticize someone or something strongly or say that he, she, or it is completely unacceptable

Usage examples:

He has been anathematized as a villain., the pope anathematized the arms race.

verb

Express complete disapproval of; censure.

Usage examples:

Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons

Usage examples:

The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

verb

Publicly denounce.

Usage examples:

They decried human rights abuses

verb

To publicly criticize something as being undesirable or harmful

Usage examples:

Mitchell decried the high rate of unemployment in the state.

verb

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Usage examples:

The assembly denounced the use of violence

verb

To criticize someone or something strongly and publicly

Usage examples:

The teachers denounced the contract offer as inadequate.

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly and publicly

Usage examples:

The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides., he angrily denounced the decisio…

verb

Feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.

Usage examples:

He despised himself for being selfish

verb

Dislike intensely.

Usage examples:

She really did detest his mockery

verb

Damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).

Usage examples:

The discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose

verb

To write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad

Usage examples:

His latest novel received excoriating reviews., the president excoriated the western press for thei…

verb

Feel intense dislike for.

Usage examples:

The boys hate each other

noun

Intense dislike.

Usage examples:

Feelings of hate and revenge

verb

To strongly dislike someone or something

Usage examples:

[ t ] kelly hates her teacher., [ t ] i have always hated speaking in public., [ + to infinitive ] …

verb

Feel intense dislike or disgust for.

Usage examples:

She loathed him on sight

verb

To feel strong hate, dislike, or disgust for someone or something

Usage examples:

I loathe doing housework., "do you like fish?" "no, i loathe it.", he’s full of loathing and despair.

verb

Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.

Usage examples:

He was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead

verb

Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.

Usage examples:

He has been vilified in the press

verb

To say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of that person or thing

Usage examples:

He claimed he was unfairly vilified by the press.