execrable
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See also: exécrable
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)
- Of the poorest quality.
- Hateful.
- 1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27
- 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[edit]
- Nouns to which "execrable" is often applied: taste, road, crime, murder, thing.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of the poorest quality
hateful
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin execrābilis.
Adjective[edit]
execrable (plural execrables)
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