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Webster 1828 Edition


Execrable

EX'ECRABLE

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Adj.
[L. execrabilis. See Execrate.]
Deserving to be cursed; very hateful; destable; abominable; as an execrable wretch.

Definition 2024


execrable

execrable

See also: exécrable

English

Adjective

execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)

  1. Of the poorest quality.
  2. Hateful.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "execrable" is often applied: taste, road, crime, murder, thing.

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Etymology

From Latin execrabilis.

Adjective

execrable m, f (plural execrables)

  1. execrable