execrate

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The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies, but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages upon morality and common sense.

From "1984" by George Orwell

I despise it, and I execrate a tyrant wherever he may be, and in every country where the people are struggling for the right of self-government I sympathize with them in their struggle.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green

"I would execrate it were it a Stradivarius," said he, his mouth full of sop.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

But, stop, my dear sir, I would say to him; you ought not to execrate them all, because I had the misfortune of having fallen among a few american rogues.

From Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America by Rocchietti, Joseph

Oh, well," I said, controlling myself, and realising that she had some excuse to execrate Donald's memory, "let's not discuss Don now.

From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)