execration
Vehement verbal condemnation
Execration is the act of cursing or denouncing someone or something with intense loathing.
The word carries a formal, almost ritualistic weight—closer to a solemn condemnation than casual swearing: The dictator's name became an execration among the people.
An execration can also be the curse itself, or the object of such hatred: He was held in execration by his former allies.
Verbal invocation of harm
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
- hexMalevolent incantation
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
damnation · denunciation · fulmination · oath · profanity · blasphemy · expletive · obscenity
Extreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- odiumIntense hatred or disgrace
antipathy · repugnance · revulsion · disgust · contempt · horror · aversion · animosity
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
castigation · excoriation · tirade · diatribe · invective · lambasting · upbraiding · criticism
Forced removal from place
- exileBanishment from homeland
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- proscriptionFormal ban or condemnation
expulsion · rejection · exclusion · blackballing · boycott · pariah · outcast · disfellowship
malediction
Verbal invocation of harm
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
- hexMalevolent incantation
jinx · damnation · denunciation · fulmination · oath · profanity · blasphemy · expletive · obscenity · invective
abhorrence
Extreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
odium · antipathy · repugnance · revulsion · disgust · contempt · horror · aversion · animosity · hostility
condemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
rebuke · castigation · excoriation · tirade · diatribe · invective · lambasting · upbraiding · criticism · reprobation
banishment
Forced removal from place
- exileBanishment from homeland
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
proscription · expulsion · rejection · exclusion · blackballing · boycott · pariah · outcast · disfellowship · marginalization
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, jinx
- condemnationcondemnation, censure, rebuke, denunciation, reproach
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- reproofsscolding, rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, admonition
execrationblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
benediction · benison · praise · invocation · prayer
execrationadoration
Profound loving regard
love · veneration · worship · reverence · devotion
execrationcommendation
Formal expression of approval
praise · endorsement · approbation · acclaim · acclamation
sacrament, execrable, consecrate, desecrate, sacrilege, execrate