execrable

execrable

See also: exécrable

English

Etymology

From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/, /ˈɛksəkɹəbl/, /ˈɛkskɹəbl/

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Adjective

execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)

1. Of the poorest quality.
2. Hateful.
   • 1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27

     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.

   • 2001 June 1, Langford, David; Grant, John, Guts: A Comedy of Manners, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 72:

     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.

Synonyms

• abhorrent
• abominable
• atrocious
• deplorable
• despicable
• detestable
• disgusting
• foul
• heinous
• horrific
• loathsome
• low
• monstrous
• repulsive
• revolting
• sickening
• vile
• wretched

Related terms

• execrableness
• execrably
• execration
• execrate

Collocations

with nouns

• execrable taste
• execrable road
• execrable crime
• execrable murder
• execrable thing

Translations

of the poorest quality

Bulgarian: долен (bg) (dolen) Faroese: ússaligur French: exécrable (fr) German: armselig (de), erbärmlich (de) Italian: esecrabile (it) Latin: execrabilis Portuguese: execrável (pt) Romanian: execrabil (ro) Spanish: execrable (es) Swedish: vedervärdig (sv), usel (sv)

hateful

Bulgarian: омразен (bg) (omrazen) Dutch: verfoeilijk (nl) Faroese: andstyggiligur Finnish: inhottava (fi), iljettävä (fi), kuvottava (fi) German: abscheulich (de), grässlich (de), widerwärtig (de) Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), отта́лкивающий (ru) (ottálkivajuščij) Swedish: avskyvärd (sv)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin execrābilis.

Adjective

execrable (masculine and feminine plural execrables)

1. execrable

Related terms

• execrar

Further reading

• “execrable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “execrable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “execrable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “execrable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin execrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡseˈkɾable/ [eɣ̞.seˈkɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: e‧xe‧cra‧ble

Adjective

execrable (plural execrables)

1. execrable

Related terms

• execrar

Further reading

• “execrable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014