Word of the Day – Execrate

Execrate (verb)

eks-i-kra-t

Feel or express great loathing for: (archaic) Curse; swear.

Derived from the from Latin exsecrat- cursed, which in turn came from the verb exsecrari that evolved from sacrare which means sacred.

Example sentences

“Execrated by many for his extremist views, nevertheless his appeal to the disenfranchised was becoming clearer.”

“I found that I didn’t much miss civilisation as such, and in fact in many ways I execrated it.”