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
The orchestral poem of Pelléas et Mélisande I have yet to enjoy or execrate; there seems to be no middle term for Schoenberg's amazing art.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
He knew that many would justly execrate his name until the end.
From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Then there would be one continual cheering all along as they passed, and all the women would cry, and the men would execrate Napoleon.
From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy
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