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Execration (Noun)

Hate coupled with disgust.

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.

The public's execration of the politician grew louder as more evidence of corruption came to light.
Her family's behavior earned their neighbor's execration for constantly disrupting the peace with loud arguments.
The heinous crime was met with widespread execration from the community, who demanded justice for the victims.
The cruel treatment of animals in the factory farm sparked execration among animal rights activists worldwide.
The nation's execration of the brutal regime only intensified after the leaked videos of human rights abuses went viral.

The object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated.

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Tyranny has always been the execration of free people everywhere, and its advocates have consistently been met with scorn and derision.
His crimes against humanity earned him the execration of the international community, and he was shunned by world leaders.
The corrupt politician's name became a byword for deceit and was the execration of the opposition party.
Oppression in any form has historically been the execration of philosophers, who value individual freedom above all else.
Her role in the scandalous affair made her the execration of the social elite, and she was forced to retreat from public life.

An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

The villagers performed a ritual of execration, cursing the invaders who had brought war to their lands.
In ancient Egypt, execration was a powerful magical practice used to curse and defeat one's enemies.
The old witch placed a curse of execration upon the entire town, causing crops to wither and die.
The conqueror was subjected to a public execration, where the priests invoked the gods to bring down vengeance upon him.
As a warning to would-be traitors, the king ordered an execration to be placed upon anyone who would dare to betray him.