Definitions for execrate

execrate ex·e·crate

Spelling: [ek-si-kreyt]
IPA: /ˈɛk sɪˌkreɪt/

Execrate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in execrate (aceeertx).

Definitions for execrate

verb (used with object)

  1. to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
  2. to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce:

verb (used without object)

  1. to utter curses.

Origin of execrate

1555-65; Latin ex(s)ecrātus (past participle of ex(s)ecrārī to curse), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + secr- (combining form of sacrāre to consecrate; see Examples for execrate

The mob gathered to execrate the "hair-buyer general" and escort him to jail.

He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.

We but smile at the one, we would learn to execrate the other.

They pity him, they pray for him; me they would only loathe and execrate.

But the day will, come when they will execrate Pierce before Benedict Arnold, sir.

And yet, have I a right to execrate the thrall of the beaker?

I pity the man, I execrate and hate the man who has only to boast that he is white.

You are not the only one who will execrate the destiny that brought us here.

With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery.

I execrate the enslavement of the mind of our young children by the ecclesiastics.

Word Value for execrate
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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