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PRONUNCIATION OF EXECRATIVE

execrative  [ˈɛksɪˌkreɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXECRATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Execrative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EXECRATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

execrative

Curse

A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, "curse" may refer to a wish that harm or hurt will be inflicted by any supernatural powers, such as a spell, a prayer, an imprecation, an execration, magic, witchcraft, God, a natural force, or a spirit. In many belief systems, the curse itself is considered to have some causative force in the result. To reverse or eliminate a curse is called removal or breaking, and is often believed to require equally elaborate rituals or prayers. Ancient Greek curse written on a lead sheet, 4th century BC, Kerameikos Archaeological Museum, Athens. The word "curse" may also refer to the resulting adversity; for example, menstruation has been described as the "curse of Eve". The study of the forms of curses comprise a significant proportion of the study of both folk religion and folklore. The deliberate attempt to levy curses is often part of the practice of magic. In Hindu culture the Sage or Rishi is believed to have the power to bless and curse.

Definition of execrative in the English dictionary

The definition of execrative in the dictionary is involving cursing and villification.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXECRATIVE


admirative
ˈædməˌreɪtɪv
cirrostrative
ˌsɪrəʊˈstreɪtɪv
concentrative
ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪtɪv
conflagrative
ˈkɒnfləˌɡreɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
degenerative
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtɪv
denigrative
ˈdenɪˌɡreɪtɪv
depurative
ˈdɛpjʊˌreɪtɪv
deteriorative
dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪtɪv
exasperative
ɪɡˈzæspəˌreɪtɪv
exhilarative
ɪɡˈzɪləˌreɪtɪv
expectorative
ɪkˈspektəˌreɪtɪv
impetrative
ˈɪmpɪˌtreɪtɪv
innovative
ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv
integrative
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv
native
ˈneɪtɪv
oxidative
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪtɪv
perforative
ˈpɜːfəˌreɪtɪv
redintegrative
rɛˈdɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv
reintegrative
riːˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXECRATIVE

exec.
execrable
execrableness
execrably
execrate
execration
execrator
execratory
executable
executancy
executant
executaries
executary
execute
executer
execution
executioner
executive
executive agreement
executive board

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXECRATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
legislative
narrative
negative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of execrative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «execrative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXECRATIVE

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The translations of execrative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «execrative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

execrative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

execrative
570 millions of speakers

English

execrative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

execrative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيطاني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

execrative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

execrative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

execrative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

execrative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengecam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

execrative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

execrative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

execrative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Execrative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

execrative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

execrative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेरक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

execrative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

execrative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

execrative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

execrative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

execrative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

execrative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

execrative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

execrative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

execrative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of execrative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXECRATIVE»

The term «execrative» is normally little used and occupies the 148.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXECRATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «execrative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «execrative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about execrative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXECRATIVE»

Discover the use of execrative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to execrative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World
For any culture I am familiar with, we can trade places between the corpus of materials conventionally labeled "magical" and corpora designated by other generic terms (e.g. healing, divining, execrative) with no cognitive loss.' To follow Smith's ...
Paul Allan Mirecki, Marvin W. Meyer, 2002
2
The History of Philosophy
Of theie there are many kinds, as Interrogation, Percent ation, Imperative, Adjurative, Optative, Imprecative, or Execrative,Subjlitutive, Hypothetical, Competitive, like to, or Transcending an Axiom,- and Dubitative. Interrogation is that which is a ...
Thomas Stanley, 1975
3
Knowledge of 21st Century
So, on the third day after the death execrative body is removed and astral body is released. Compressed information of the astral body is transmitted to the egregoric field, the parts of astral and mental bodies into plants and animals, but a part ...
De Vida inc, Sergey Tmenov, 2011
4
Quest for Silence
Speech has become a purely animal execrative function.1 Execrative means cursing, denouncing, detesting, and passionate condemnation – in short, the rhetoric of the powerful to the lesser people. You can hear and see this type of speech ...
Harry A. Wilmer, 2000
5
The French Revolution: The guillotine
Into the body of the poor Tatars execrative Roman History intercalated an alphabetic letter ; and so they continue Tartars, of fell Tartarean nature, to this day . Here, in like manner, search as we will in these multiform innumerable French ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1837
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travels in north america during the years 1834,1835, and ...
He was a complete old rogue, and afforded much amusement on the voyage, especially to me, and a German friend of mine, because we could hear him, whenever he was offended, abusing the sailors in every execrative term which that rich ...
charles augustus murray, 1841
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No Guarantee of a Gun: How and Why the Second Amendment ...
A select militia as the only privileged class entitled to keep and bear arms was considered as execrative to a free society as would be select spokesmen approved by government as the only class entitled to freedom of the press. [243: p.
John Massaro, 2009
8
An Artist in the Rigging: The Early Work of Herman Melville
... fugle-fogle-orum," sometimes expounding useless (and questionable) information: "Perfect Dicibles are of various sorts: Interrogative; Percontative; Adjurative; Optative; Imprecative; Execrative; Substitutive; Compellative; Hypothetical; and, ...
William B. Dillingham, 2008
9
Cultures of Power in Post-Communist Russia: An Analysis of ...
As the interview narratives recorded for this study indicate, references to “the people” in the language of Russia's political class have become both infrequent and not uncommonly execrative. Above all, “the people” are assigned no agency.
Michael Urban, 2010
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Naming the Witch: Magic, Ideology, and Stereotype in the ...
First, he criticizes use of magic as a "substantive term in second-order, theoretical , academic discourse" when more precise and useful categories for comparison exist, such as "healing," "divining," and "execrative."48 Magic is too broad and ...
Kimberly B. Stratton, 2013

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXECRATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term execrative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Some SL clubs oppose revival of provincial tournaments
... would have supported an Execrative Presidency in the country when they were going to change it to a Parliamentary system early this year. «ESPNcricinfo.com, May 15»
2
Hong Kong talks to begin on Friday
In 1990, China had floated its “Basic Law,” which made it unambiguous that the 2017 elections for the post of the Chief Execrative in Hong ... «The Hindu, Oct 14»
3
Ian Paisley, 1926 - 2014: the “Big Man” vs the Pope
To call him God's most execrative expectorator-on-earth is not to yield to hyperbole. “Vomit-eating dog!” is one of the phrases that bolted from ... «New Statesman, Sep 14»
4
Leaked: How B'Haram Planned To Attack 50 Borno Towns And …
... the management of the conference to set a date aside to enable the conference discuss the issue of Boko Haram at an Execrative Session. «Osun Defender, Jun 14»
5
Get used to this pose from Mark Emmert. - Brian Spurlock-US …
In that respect, he has placed himself in a position that's much easier to defend, as you can see by the comments of the NCAA Execrative ... «A Sea of Blue, Jul 13»
6
Small business appetite sees asset-based lending rise
Kate Sharp, chief execrative of ABFA, comments, 'It is extremely heartening to see so many of the smallest businesses choosing to use ... «GrowthBusiness.co.uk, Jun 13»

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