execrable

ex·e·cra·ble (

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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 [ˈɛksɪkrəb^əl]

adj

1. deserving to be execrated; abhorrent

2. of very poor quality an execrable meal

[from Latin exsecrābilis, from exsecrārī to execrate]

execrableness n

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" wretched, woeful, deplorable, miserable inferior - of low or inferior quality
	2.	execrable - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke abominable, odious, detestable hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
	3.	execrable - deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" damnable 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"

execrable

adjective repulsive, offensive, disgusting, horrible, unpleasant, foul, revolting, obscene, sickening, vile, atrocious, obnoxious, despicable, deplorable, heinous, disagreeable, odious, hateful, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, nauseous, accursed, detestable, damnable, cringe-making (Brit. informal) my neighbour's execrable taste in music

Translations

execrable [ˈeksɪkrəbl] ADJ (frm) → execrable(frm), abominable(frm)

execrable [ˈɛksɪkrəb^əl] adj (= deplorable) → exécrable

execrable

adj, execrably

adv → scheußlich, abscheulich

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

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abhorrent
abominable
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criticism
damnable
deplorable
detestable
devilish
execrably
hateful
heinous
hellish
loathsome
miserable
Nefand
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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.

Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context

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.

Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context

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.

Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

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