execrate

execrate is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
2. verb. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

   Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate

3. verb. find repugnant

   "I loathe that man"

   "She abhors cats"

   Synonyms: abhor, abominate, loathe

Synonyms

accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, abhor, abominate, loathe

Common word forms

execrated, execrates, execrating

Words from these letters

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