execrable
utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
very bad: an execrable stage performance.
Origin of execrable
1Other words from execrable
- ex·e·cra·ble·ness, noun
- ex·e·cra·bly, adverb
Words Nearby execrable
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How to use execrable in a sentence
That “Plan A” has failed, a result of over confidence, bad intelligence, worse generalship, execrable logistics, and terrible on-the-ground leadership.
As disappointing as such a glib argument would be from a better-made series, it renders Cherry Flavor fully execrable.
Those execrable three words are murmured by sorrowful elected officials in times of tragedy, but rarely burdened with any actual plans or action.
The ‘Commander in Grief’ steps up to the microphone | Monica Hesse | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostAdded to the mix are a supporting cast of conjured “demons” including mid-20th writers and chat show regulars James Baldwin, Truman Capote, and the execrable Ayn Rand.
Virtual theater continues with hopes for return to live audiences in fall | Patrick Folliard | March 10, 2021 | Washington BladeAnything, for example, to take our minds off the execrable “dining experience.”
Your iPod (Most Likely) Won’t Bring Down the Plane | Clive Irving | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
So I'm not criticizing her, and I'm certainly not defending DW Griffith's execrable opinions.
If Kennedy displayed execrable judgment during the war, he did nothing to redeem it after the conflict had ended.
“The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life | Jacob Heilbrunn | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe road was execrable; full of holes, pits, and puddles, in which our poor beasts often sank above their knees.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferI wouldnt dwess in such execrable taste for any sum you could mentionno, sir!
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonHe urged upon the Assembly the adoption of immediate and energetic measures to arrest these execrable deeds of lawless violence.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottAs I said before, the provisions were execrable; the remnants of the first cabin were sent to us poor wretches.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferI cannot contemplate such loveliness and associate it with the execrable sin which calls down vengeance upon this house.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine Green
British Dictionary definitions for execrable
/ (ˈɛksɪkrəbəl) /
deserving to be execrated; abhorrent
of very poor quality: an execrable meal
Origin of execrable
1Derived forms of execrable
- execrableness, noun
- execrably, adverb
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