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execrable

/ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/

execrable adjective: of the poorest quality.

Adjective

execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)

  1. 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
  2. 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

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All synonyms of execrable

Forms of execrable

comparativemore execrable
superlativemost 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

  1. exec-produces
  2. exec-producing
  3. exec.
  4. execed
  5. execing
  6. execrable
  7. execrableness
  8. execrably
  9. execrate
  10. execrated
  11. execrates

Source and license

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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