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execrable

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ex·e·cra·ble  (ks-kr-bl)
adj.
1. Deserving of execration; hateful.
2. Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.

[Middle English, from Latin execrbilis, from execrr, exsecrr, to execrate; see execrate.]

exe·cra·ble·ness n.
exe·cra·bly adv.

execrable [eks-sik-rab-bl]
Adjective
of very poor quality [see execrate]
execrably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.execrable - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
inferior - of low or inferior quality
2.execrableexecrable - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
3.execrable - deserving a curse; "her damnable pride"
cursed, curst - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
Translations
Spanish execrable [ˈɛksɪkrəbl] adjexecrable, abominable; [manners] → detestable
German execrable [ˈɛksɪkrəbl] adjscheußlich;
(manners) → abscheulich

Italian execrable [ˈɛksɪkrəbl] adj (gen) → pessimo/a; [manners] → esecrabile

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The Grève had then that sinister aspect which it preserves to-day from the execrable ideas which it awakens, and from the sombre town hall of Dominique Bocador, which has replaced the Pillared House.
consider that a few weeks will at once put an end to every flattering Hope that you may now entertain, by uniting the unfortunate Victim of her father's Cruelty to the execrable and detested Graham.
A band of Indians had trailed me and had me nearly surrounded; the shot had been fired with an execrable aim by a fellow who had caught sight of me from the hillside above.
 
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