execrated

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This man they’d execrated and denounced had shocked the world—not just by being his shocking self but by winning; nobody expected him to win!—and yet from them this evoked no reaction.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2016

He dressed for dinner, execrated split infinitives and democracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other Catholic periodicals of less importance gently rebuked or soundly execrated her.

From Time Magazine Archive

You either execrated them and were on the side of history, or enjoyed them and missed the bus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maligned on every side, execrated, shunned and abhorred—his virtues denounced as vices—his services forgotten—his character blackened, he preserved the poise and balance of his soul.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green