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execrate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈeksiˌkrāt/,
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execrating, present participle; execrated, past tense; execrates, 3rd person singular present; execrated, past participle;
  1. Feel or express great loathing for
    • - they were execrated as dangerous and corrupt
  2. Curse; swear


  1. abhor: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
  2. accurse: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
  3. (execration) abhorrence: hate coupled with disgust
  4. (execration) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  5. (execration) the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
  6. A curse (also called execration) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object. ...
  7. To feel loathing for; abhor; To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce; To invoke a curse
  8. (Execration) referring to curses and spells whereby one's enemies were bound and destroyed.
  9. To curse, denounce, or call down evil on.