Execrable Definition

ĕksĭ-krə-bəl
adjective
Deserving to be execrated; abominable; detestable.
Webster's New World
Very inferior; of poorest quality.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Execrable

  • Middle English from Latin execrābilis from execrārī, exsecrārī to execrate execrate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis

    From Wiktionary

Execrable Sentence Examples

  • Pitt called him "an execrable, a sole minister who had renounced the British nation."

  • Before we start I must apologize for not starting this article with a truly execrable piece of fiction.

  • Now this may have been tongue-in-cheek, although I do not think so, but I find it absolutely execrable.

  • To the end they are "nefandissimi," execrable, loathsome, filthy.

  • The help of the engraver had early been called in; and tens of thousands of children looked with terror and delight on execrable copperplates, which represented Christian thrusting his sword into Apollyon, or writhing in the grasp of Giant Despair.

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