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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I almost feel bad for him trying so pathetically to defend such an execrable entity like the Iranian regime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
We are only one week into 2026, and already the execrable nature of 2025 is overflowing into the new year.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
Things got even hairier when Usha’s execrable husband, Vice President J.D.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2025
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 • Sep. 19, 2024
With the flight of the Loyalists onto ships, royal power in this execrable Colony is restricted into still more minute compass.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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