execrate
/ˈɛksɪkreɪt/
verb
- To feel or express great hatred for someone or something; to loathe or detest.
- She execrates any form of dishonesty in her workplace.
- Many people execrate the cruelty of war.
- The community execrated the dictator for his brutal policies.
- To curse or call down evil upon someone or something.
- He execrated the storm that had ruined his crops.
- In ancient times, priests would execrate enemies of the kingdom.
- The old legend says the witch execrated the entire village.