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ex·e·cra·ble    Audio Help   [ek-si-kruh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
2.very bad: an execrable stage performance.

[Origin: 1350–1400 for earlier sense “expressing a curse”; 1480–90 for def. 1; ME < L ex(s)ecrābilis accursed, detestable. See execrate, -able]

ex·e·cra·ble·ness, noun
ex·e·cra·bly, adverb
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ex·e·cra·ble    Audio Help   (ěk'sĭ-krə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Deserving of execration; hateful.
  2. Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.


[Middle English, from Latin execrābilis, from execrārī, exsecrārī, to execrate; see execrate.]

ex'e·cra·ble·ness n., ex'e·cra·bly adv.
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