execrate
Curse with hatred
To execrate is to denounce or curse vehemently, expressing intense loathing: The priest execrated the heretics from the pulpit.
The word carries a formal, almost ritualistic tone—stronger than merely hating or condemning.
Someone or something execrable deserves such denunciation: an execrable crime, execrable taste in music.
Feel strong aversion
- loatheIntensely dislike
- abominateHate deeply, viscerally
- despiseHate with contempt
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
revulsion · repugnance · antipathy · aversion · repulsion · odium · detestation · horror
Formal public accusation
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- castigateReprimand severely
rebuke · reprimand · decry · deplore · criticize · vilify · lambaste · berate
Verbal invocation of harm
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
- hexMalevolent incantation
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- spellArrange letters correctly
jinx · evil eye · bane · incantation · invective · oath · expletive · profanity
Attack someone's reputation
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- spurnRefuse with contempt
disparage · denigrate · defame · slander · calumniate · traduce · besmirch · malign
Rejected, shunned person
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- banishmentForced removal from place
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
blacklist · exile · proscription · untouchable · persona non grata · outcast · reprobate · disfellowship
detest
Feel strong aversion
hatred · revulsion · repugnance · antipathy · aversion · repulsion · odium · detestation · horror · animosity
denunciation
Formal public accusation
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- reproachExpression of disappointment
castigate · rebuke · reprimand · decry · deplore · criticize · vilify · lambaste · berate · upbraid
malediction
Verbal invocation of harm
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
- hexMalevolent incantation
- damnationEternal punishment decree
spell · jinx · evil eye · bane · incantation · invective · oath · expletive · profanity · blasphemy
vilify
Attack someone's reputation
spurn · disparage · denigrate · defame · slander · calumniate · traduce · besmirch · malign · smear
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- banishmentForced removal from place
shunned · blacklist · exile · proscription · untouchable · persona non grata · outcast · reprobate · disfellowship · expulsion
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest