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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
execrable \ex"ecrable\, a. l. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf.
f. ex'ecrable. see execrate.
deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable;
abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "execrable pride."
--hooker. -- ex"ecrableness, n. -- ex"ecrably, adv.
1913 webster
see also:
execrate ex"ecrableness ex"ecrably
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
execrable
adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of
the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" syn: deplorable,
miserable, woeful, wretched
2: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
"consequences odious to those you govern"- edmund burke
syn: abominable, detestable, odious
3: deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" syn: damnable
see also:
deplorable miserable woeful wretched abominable detestable
odious damnable
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 moby thesaurus words for "execrable":
abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, arrant, atrocious, bad,
base, beastly, beggarly, below contempt, beneath contempt, black,
blamable, blameworthy, cheesy, contemptible, criminal, crude,
crummy, cursed, damn, damnable, damned, dark, debased, degraded,
demoniac, demonic, depraved, despicable, detestable, devilish,
diabolic, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, evil, fetid, fiendish,
flagitious, flagrant, forbidding, foul, fulsome, ghoulish, goddamn,
goddamned, grave, gross, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrific,
horrifying, ignoble, improper, infamous, infernal, iniquitous,
knavish, little, loathsome, low, low-down, lumpen, malodorous,
mangy, mean, measly, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, miserable,
monstrous, nasty, naughty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, noxious,
objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, paltry,
peccant, petty, poky, poor, rank, rebarbative, repellent,
reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive,
revolting, satanic, scabby, scandalous, scrubby, scruffy, scummy,
scurvy, shabby, shameful, shoddy, sickening, sinful, small,
squalid, stinking, unforgivable, ungodly, unmentionable,
unpardonable, unspeakable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous,
wicked, wretched, wrong
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