Detest vs Execrate - What's the difference?
detest | execrate | Synonyms |
To dislike intensely; to loathe.
(obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
To feel loathing for; abhor.
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
(archaic) To invoke a curse.
Detest is a synonym of execrate.
As verbs the difference between detest and execrate
is that detest is to dislike intensely; to loathe while execrate is to feel loathing for; abhor.detest
English
Verb
(en verb)- I detest snakes.
- Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell. — Pope.
- The heresy of Nestorius was detested in the Eastern churches. — Fuller.
- God hath detested them with his own mouth. — Bale.