execrable
/ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/
execrable adjective: of the poorest quality.
Adjective
execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)
- Of the poorest quality.
- As execrable as the Supreme Court’s decisions have been, they are of a piece with the conservative rulings from lower court judges who see no issue with laundering a revanchist policy agenda through contorted rulings.2024, G. S. Hans, Law Professors Can’t Keep Carrying Water For the Supreme Court, in: Balls and Strikes, August 5 2024
- Hateful, disgusting.
- But is an enemy so execrable, that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27
- The arcanely evil words of that despicable, loathsome, suppressed, vile, pululating ^([sic]), odious, nictating, repellent, repugnant, noxious, abhorrent, abominable, tory, execrable, nauseous work, Ye Boke of Guts, moved as if on a conveyor belt before his eyes.2001 June 1, David Langford with John Grant, Guts: A Comedy of Manners, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 72
execrable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
execrable in Tamil
- மோசமான, இழிவான, வெறுக்கத்தக்க
execrable in Urdu
- کریہہ
execrable in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত খারাপ, ঘৃণ্য
execrable in Malayalam
- dreadful, appalling, awful
- ഗർഹ്യമായ, നീചമായ, അധമമായ, ദുഷ്ടമായ, ശപിക്കപ്പെട്ട, മുടിഞ്ഞ
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- execrable in Kannada
- ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕೆಟ್ಟ, ಹೇಯ, ಅಸಹ್ಯಕರ, ಜುಗುಪ್ಸೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸುವಂಥ
Synonyms of execrable
Forms of execrable
| comparative | more execrable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most execrable |
Origin of execrable
From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis.
Words formed from execrable
Questions about execrable
- What does execrable mean?
- Execrable means of the poorest quality.
- What is execrable in Tamil?
- Execrable in Tamil is மோசமான, இழிவான, வெறுக்கத்தக்க. See Execrable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is execrable?
- Execrable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce execrable?
- Execrable is pronounced /ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/ (US).
Words near execrable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: execrable (page history and authors); execrable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); execrable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); execrable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); execrable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); execrable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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