Dear and Execration

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Dear noun - A person with whom one is in love.

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Execration is an antonym for dear.

Nearby Words: dearly, deary, dearie

Execration noun - Something or someone that is hated.

Usage example: denounced as an abomination before God and man, the heretic would forever be an execration even amongst his own people

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Dear is an antonym for execration.

Nearby Words: execrable, execrated, execrating

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Execration and Dear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dear/execration

Dear & Execration. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dear/execration>.

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