execrate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb find repugnant
verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).

I repeat, to execrate his memory! — Henrietta Temple: A Love Story, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli
Including the upper superior mines, which it execrates. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
In my heart, now, I execrated secret expeditions. — Roughing It, Mark Twain

abhor, loathe, abominate

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