Execration Definition

execration
noun
  1. hate coupled with disgust
  2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  3. the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated

"Execration" in song lyrics

See how execration is used in real songs:

  • "howls of execration"
    AOL — AOL

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