EXECRATION Ex`e*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.]
1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
Syn.
— See Malediction.
EXECRATIVE
Ex"e*cra*tive, a.
Defn: Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle.
— Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv.
EXECRATIVE
Ex"e*cra*tive, n.
Defn: A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.
Earle.
EXECRATORY
Ex"e*cra*to*ry, a.
Defn: Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. — n.