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
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 • Mar. 5, 2025
Since becoming team president in the 2013-14 season, Jeanie Buss and her hand-picked executive brain trust have compiled an execrable 287-427 record.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2022
Consistently better than the time slots Fox News gives her, and consistently smarter and more reasonable than most of the other panelists on the execrable Outnumbered.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2021
“Within perhaps a week,” recalled a student, “there was on the blackboard in Robert Oppenheimer’s office a drawing—a very bad, an execrable drawing—of a bomb.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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