Execration and Joy

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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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Joy is an antonym for execration.

Nearby Words: execrable, execrated, execrating

Joy noun - A feeling or state of well-being and contentment.

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Execration is an antonym for joy.

Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously

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