Execrate and Prefer

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Execrate verb - To dislike strongly.

Usage example: execrates without apology anyone who would physically abuse children or animals

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Prefer is an antonym for execrate.

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Execrate is an antonym for prefer.

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Prefer and Execrate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/execrate/prefer

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