execrable

See also: exécrable

English

Etymology

From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/, /ˈɛksəkɹəbl/, /ˈɛkskɹəbl/

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Adjective

execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)

1. Of the poorest quality.
2. Hateful.
   • 1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27

     But is an enemy so execrable, that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.

   • 2001 June 1, Langford, David; Grant, John, Guts: A Comedy of Manners, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 72:

     The arcanely evil words of that despicable, loathsome, suppressed, vile, pululating ^[sic], odious, nictating, repellent, repugnant, noxious, abhorrent, abominable, tory, execrable, nauseous work, Ye Boke of Guts, moved as if on a conveyor belt before his eyes.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "execrable" is often applied: taste, road, crime, murder, thing.

Synonyms

• abhorrent
• abominable
• atrocious
• deplorable
• despicable

• detestable
• disgusting
• foul
• heinous
• horrific

• loathsome
• low
• monstrous
• repulsive

• revolting
• sickening
• vile
• wretched

Related terms

• execrableness
• execrably
• execration
• execrate

Translations

of the poorest quality

• Bulgarian: долен (bg) (dolen)
• Faroese: ússaligur
• French: exécrable (fr) m or f
• German: armselig (de), erbärmlich (de)
• Italian: esecrabile (it)

• Latin: execrabilis
• Portuguese: execrável (pt) m or f
• Romanian: execrabil (ro)
• Spanish: execrable (es) m or f
• Swedish: vedervärdig (sv), usel (sv)

hateful

• Bulgarian: омразен (bg) (omrazen)
• Dutch: verfoeilijk (nl)
• Faroese: andstyggiligur
• Finnish: inhottava (fi), iljettävä (fi), kuvottava (fi)

• German: abscheulich (de), grässlich (de), widerwärtig (de)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) m (otvratítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) m (ottálkivajuščij)
• Swedish: avskyvärd (sv)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin execrābilis.

Adjective

execrable (plural execrables)

1. execrable

Further reading

• “execrable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.