execration.

1. An expression or feeling of vehement detestation.

2. An uttered curse invoking harm or condemnation upon someone.

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Words that belong together

• public execration
• an object of execration

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The informer became an object of public execration.

The letter ended with an expression of execration so fierce that she tore it up.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular execration; plural execrations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.