execrable
Americanadjective
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utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
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very bad.
an execrable stage performance.
adjective
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deserving to be execrated; abhorrent
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of very poor quality
an execrable meal
Other Word Forms
- execrableness noun
- execrably adverb
Etymology
Origin of execrable
1350–1400 for earlier sense “expressing a curse”; 1480–90 execrable for def. 1; Middle English < Latin ex ( s ) ecrābilis accursed, detestable. See execrate, -able
Example Sentences
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He was angry that they weren't clapping for the "astronomical achievements" he has not actually accomplished, failing to recognize that they were not clapping or standing for the execrable achievements he has.
From Salon
The video clip of team highlights over the decades, scored by the execrable Train song “Calling All Angels,” was longer than ever, and more desperate.
From Los Angeles Times
The two dominant issues are rampant crime and execrable public schools.
From Washington Post
Lowbrow, “popular” genres represent the opera’s execrable characters.
From New York Times
Although not reaching the virtuosic literary heights of incarceration essays penned by writers such as Thoreau or Martin Luther King Jr., the document was an oddly compelling account of the execrable details of his experience.
From Literature
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