execrable
- utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
- very bad: an execrable stage performance.
Origin of execrable
Related Words for execrable
abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxiousExamples from the Web for execrable
Contemporary Examples of execrable
Anything, for example, to take our minds off the execrable “dining experience.”
So I'm not criticizing her, and I'm certainly not defending DW Griffith's execrable opinions.
Historical Examples of execrable
And he's likely to talk the most execrable slang, or to quote Browning.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Ah, I would willingly have killed that execrable Smith, for he was poisoning my life.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
Not a word of it seemed to be true, and the style in which it was written was execrable.
Monday or TuesdayVirginia Woolf
Why should not they admit that little picture, although he himself thought it execrable?
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
The host of the little inn had not exaggerated—the road was execrable.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of FortuneCharles James Lever
execrable
- deserving to be execrated; abhorrent
- of very poor qualityan execrable meal
Word Origin for execrable
Word Origin and History for execrable
late 14c., from Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis/exsecrabilis "execrable, accursed," from execrari/exsecrari (see execrate). Related: Execrably.