noun
1. hate coupled with disgust
• Syn: ↑abhorrence, ↑abomination, ↑detestation, ↑loathing, ↑odium
• Derivationally related forms:
↑odious (for: ↑odium), ↑loathe (for: ↑loathing), ↑execrate, ↑detest (for: ↑detestation), ↑abominate (for: ↑abomination), ↑abhorrent (for: ↑abhorrence), ↑abhor (for: ↑abhorrence)
2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
• Syn: ↑condemnation, ↑curse
• Hypernyms: ↑denunciation, ↑denouncement
• Hyponyms: ↑anathema, ↑imprecation, ↑malediction
3. the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
• Derivationally related forms: ↑execrate
• Hypernyms: ↑object
Useful english dictionary. 2012.