execrable

[ ek-si-kruh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.

  2. very bad: an execrable stage performance.

Origin of execrable

1
1350–1400 for earlier sense “expressing a curse”; 1480–90 for def. 1; Middle English <Latin ex(s)ecrābilis accursed, detestable. See execrate, -able

Other words from execrable

  • ex·e·cra·ble·ness, noun
  • ex·e·cra·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for execrable

execrable

/ (ˈɛksɪkrəbəl) /


adjective
  1. deserving to be execrated; abhorrent

  2. of very poor quality: an execrable meal

Origin of execrable

1
C14: from Latin exsecrābilis, from exsecrārī to execrate

Derived forms of execrable

  • execrableness, noun
  • execrably, adverb

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