Execrable
adjective
Extremely bad or unpleasant.
The conditions in the camp were execrable.
Often appears as...
- execrable taste
- execrable conditions
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Extremely bad or unpleasant.
The conditions in the camp were execrable.
Often appears as...
- execrable taste
- execrable conditions
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Disapproval
Use 'execrable' to express strong disapproval or moral outrage over something.
The judge described the criminal's actions as execrable.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Typical Bad
'Execrable' indicates something worse than usual badness; it's reserved for the lowest of the low.
He had an execrable attitude, worse than anyone I've met.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Everyday
This word isn't commonly used in everyday conversation; it's more likely found in formal or written contexts.
The food critic wrote about the restaurant's execrable service.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Disapproval
Use 'execrable' to express strong disapproval or moral outrage over something.
The judge described the criminal's actions as execrable.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Typical Bad
'Execrable' indicates something worse than usual badness; it's reserved for the lowest of the low.
He had an execrable attitude, worse than anyone I've met.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Everyday
This word isn't commonly used in everyday conversation; it's more likely found in formal or written contexts.
The food critic wrote about the restaurant's execrable service.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Disapproval
Use 'execrable' to express strong disapproval or moral outrage over something.
The judge described the criminal's actions as execrable.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Typical Bad
'Execrable' indicates something worse than usual badness; it's reserved for the lowest of the low.
He had an execrable attitude, worse than anyone I've met.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Everyday
This word isn't commonly used in everyday conversation; it's more likely found in formal or written contexts.
The food critic wrote about the restaurant's execrable service.
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Quote examples
Peter Abelard
French Philosopher
Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world?
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
My agent had warned that, while a fine film would do my profile a world of good, a bad one wouldn't help me at all, and I suspected she was soft-pedalling the latter possibility. The effect of a truly execrable adaptation is worse than neutral. The stink rubs off.
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Madison Smartt Bell
American Novelist
In 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).
Quote examples
Peter Abelard
French Philosopher
Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world?
Quote examples
Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
My agent had warned that, while a fine film would do my profile a world of good, a bad one wouldn't help me at all, and I suspected she was soft-pedalling the latter possibility. The effect of a truly execrable adaptation is worse than neutral. The stink rubs off.
Quote examples
Madison Smartt Bell
American Novelist
In 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).
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