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

That she had committed a technical offence is undeniable; but so did Andreas Hofer and other victims of Napoleonic tyranny whose doom patriotic Germans never cease to execrate.

From A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell by Protheroe, Ernest

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

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

Ireland had reason to bless the movement towards liberty which came from France, and not less to execrate the excesses which strengthened the hands of liberty's opponents.

From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

I am fully informed, my precious sister, of your terrible situation; I will not stop now to execrate your infernal pursuer, though he will not lose my execrations by the delay!

From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny