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ex·e·cra·ble

 (ĕk′sĭ-krə-bəl)
adj.
1. Deserving of execration; hateful.
2. Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.
[Middle English, from Latin execrābilis, from execrārī, exsecrārī, to execrate; see execrate.]
ex′e·cra·ble·ness n.
ex′e·cra·bly adv.
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execrable

(ˈɛksɪkrəbəl)
adj
1. deserving to be execrated; abhorrent
2. of very poor quality: an execrable meal.
[C14: from Latin exsecrābilis, from exsecrārī to execrate]
ˈexecrableness n
ˈexecrably adv
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ex•e•cra•ble

(ˈɛk sɪ krə bəl)

adj.
1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
2. very bad: an execrable stage performance.
[1480–90; Middle English < Latin ex(s)ecrābilis accursed, detestable. See execrate, -able]
ex′e•cra•ble•ness, n.
ex′e•cra•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.execrable - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
wretched, woeful, deplorable, miserable
inferior - of low or inferior quality
2.execrable - unequivocally detestableexecrable - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
abominable, odious, detestable
hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
3.execrable - deserving a curse; "her damnable pride"
damnable
cursed, curst - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
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execrable

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execrable

adjective
So annoying or detestable as to deserve condemnation:
accursed, blasted, blessed, bloody, confounded, cursed, damn, darn, infernal.
Informal: blamed, damned.
Chiefly British: blooming, ruddy.
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Translations

execrable

[ˈeksɪkrəbl] ADJ (frm) → execrable (frm), abominable (frm)
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execrable

[ˈɛksɪkrəbəl] adj (= deplorable) → exécrable
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execrable

adj, execrably
adv → scheußlich, abscheulich
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execrable

[ˈɛksɪkrəbl] adj (frm) (gen) → pessimo/a; (manners) → esecrabile
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