execrable

The definition of execrable is something extremely unpleasant or poor quality.

(adjective)

A house with bugs, bad smells and roof leaks is an example of a house that might be described as execrable.

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See execrable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. deserving to be execrated; abominable; detestable
  2. very inferior; of poorest quality

Origin: L execrabilis

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See execrable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Deserving of execration; hateful.
  2. Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin execrābilis

Origin: , from execrārī, exsecrārī, to execrate; see execrate

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Related Forms:

  • exˈe·cra·ble·ness noun
  • exˈe·cra·bly adverb

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