execration

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Excentro-concentric Wide open, fingers stretched apart and contracted: Execration.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

Execration Thereat still fouler filled the sulphurous air: Before the rood the hermit sank:—"Salvation Grant, Lord! in his despair!"

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various

Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Execration, indignation, and vengeance filled the breasts of both the conquerors and the conquered.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

It is also alluded to in some verses by Ben Jonson, entitled, "An Execration upon Vulcan," from which it appears that Ben Jonson was in the theatre when it was burnt.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 540, March 31, 1832 by Various