upon discovering that someone had stolen his golf bag, he let loose a volley of execrations
a cowardly betrayal that earned him the execration of all who had remained loyal to the cause
14th century
abhorrence, abomination, detestation, hate, hatred, loathing;
cattiness, despite, despitefulness, hatefulness, invidiousness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, spite, spitefulness;
aversion, disgust, distaste, horror, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion;
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, contempt, disdain, enmity, grudge, hostility, jealousy, pique, resentment, scorn;
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