execration

ˌɛksɪˈkreɪʃən
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Translation of execration into French

Noun

1.

hatred and disgust

intense hatred mixed with disgust
  • She spoke of her execration for the corrupt officials.Elle a parlé de son exécration pour les fonctionnaires corrompus.
2.

object of loathing

something that is cursed or loathed
  • The old, broken chair became an execration in the otherwise pristine office..La vieille chaise cassée est devenue une abomination dans le bureau autrement impeccable.
3.

emotion

Rare
act of cursing with intense hatred
Rare
  • His execration of the traitor was loud and clear.Son exécration du traître était forte et claire.
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Expressions with execration: examples in English and translations in French

exécrer
détester profondément
They hold in execration all forms of injustice.

Synonyms and analogies of execration in English

Examples of execration in a sentence

  • The community's execration towards the policy was overwhelming.
  • The statue was an execration to the townspeople.
  • His name became an execration in the village.
  • The politician's speech was filled with execration for his opponents.
  • Her execration of the injustice was evident in her words.

Translations of "execration" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
exécrationnf.

Only a little patience, and they will fall beneath the weight of public execration.

Un peu de patience, ils succomberont sous le poids de l'exécration publique.

And so, because they can't be united in a common execration, which of the two committed an act of terrorism?

Et donc, puisqu'ils ne peuvent être unis dans une exécration commune, lequel des deux a commis un acte de terrorisme ?

These are the so-called psalms of malediction or execration.

Ce sont les Psaumes dits de malédiction ou d'exécration.

My dear Constance, the name of Wilde will be a word of execration for the next thousand years.

Ma chère Constance, le nom de Wilde sera un mot d'exécration pour les mille prochaines années.

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Other translations for execration:

  • malédictionnf.

execration: Examples and translations in context

Pity was the one unsounded note in the chorus of execration that followed this poor leper to his grave, and beyond it; to awaken pity I have written.

La pitié était la seule note sans fondement dans le chœur d'exécration qui suivait ce pauvre lépreux jusqu'à sa tombe et au-delà ; pour réveiller la pitié que j'ai écrite.

Notwithstanding all the torture they suffered, and manifold the afflictions they endured, they became the object of universal opprobrium and execration.

Malgré toutes les tortures subies et les nombreuses afflictions endurées, ces compagnons devinrent l'objet de l'exécration et de l'opprobre universels.

It was the change which follows on the morrow of defeat, the fatal reverse of popularity, an execration exasperated by all the suffering endured without result.

C'était le revirement des lendemains de défaite, le revers fatal de la popularité, une exécration qui s'exaspérait de toutes les souffrances endurées sans résultat.

The most terrible of all the penalties for man as a social being is opprobrium, it is the overwhelming evidence of public execration.

La plus terrible de toutes les peines pour l'homme social, c'est l'opprobre, c'est l'accablant témoignage de l'exécration publique.

The psalms of execration or malediction are the first texts in history that enable victims, forever silenced in mythology, to have a voice of their own.

Les Psaumes d'exécration ou de malédiction sont les premiers textes dans l'histoire qui permettent aux victimes, à jamais réduites au silence dans la mythologie, d'avoir une voix qui leur soit propre.

Furthermore, he has handed them over into the power of all the kingdoms that surround us, to be the contempt and execration of all the neighbouring peoples among whom the Lord scattered them.

De plus, il les a mis au pouvoir de tous les royaumes qui nous entourent, pour être un opprobre et une exécration parmi tous les peuples d'alentour où le Seigneur les dispersa.

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