execration
nounDivide execration into syllables:
ex · e · cra · tion
How to pronounce execration:
Definition of execration:
- execration (noun):
- the curse so uttered
- the act of cursing or denouncing
- noun. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group.
Synonyms for execration:
abhorrence
abomination
anathema
ban
censure
condemnation
curse
damnation
denouncement
denunciation
detestation
imprecation
loathing
malediction
odium
winze
Antonyms for execration:
admiration
adoration
adulation
affection
amity
amorousness
amour
appreciation
approval
ardency
ardor
ardour
attraction
benediction
benison
besottedness
bless
blessing
captivation
care
compliment
deep affection
delight
desire
devotedness
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- permissible
- principally
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- systematize
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- arduously
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- spontaneously
- demonstrable
- declaration
- maniacal
- unforgiving
- optimism
- obsequious
- revolution
- unwillingly
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- presentable
- exterminate
- proprietor
- constituent
- magnificent
- organism
- concupiscence
- importantly
- tempestuous
- tremendously
- undulating
- surprisingly
- undignified
- oology
- addictiveness
- demolishing
- fragmentary
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