| 单词 | execrate |
| 释义 | execrate (once / 1566 pages) v Just when you thought you knew every word in the book for hate, here's a new one: execrate. The word means to despise or also to curse. Broken down to its Latin root, the word execrate means the opposite of being sacred or devoted to. When you execrate something you, are cursing it instead of making it holy. The word is not used all that often. If you say to someone, "I execrate you!" they might think you're casting an evil spell on them. Which in a way, by cursing them, you are. WORD FAMILYexecrate: execrable, execrated, execrates, execrating, execration+/execrable: execrably/execration: execrations USAGE EXAMPLESAmericans execrate “outsourcing,” which supposedly involves sending “American jobs” overseas. Washington Post(Mar 25, 2015) You may loathe, you may execrate, but you cannot deny her…No wine gives fiercer intoxication, no drug more vivid exaltation.” Time(Oct 11, 2012) Their only meed--some execrating word To blight the hour when first their voice was heard.' Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis), Aspects of Modern Oxford(2012) 1v curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment Syn|Hyper accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate deplore express strong disapproval of 2v find repugnant Syn|Hyper abhor, abominate, loathe detest, hate dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards |
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