Delight and Execration

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Delight noun - A source of great satisfaction.

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Execration is an antonym for delight.

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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Delight is an antonym for execration.

Nearby Words: execrable, execrated, execrating

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