adj
Meaning 1
Of the poorest quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
execrable
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adj
Meaning 2
Hateful, disgusting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
deserving a curse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her damnable pride
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: damnable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
unequivocally detestable- Edmund Burke
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abominable, detestable, odious
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of very poor quality or condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — of the poorest quality
- Faroese: ússaligur — of the poorest quality
- French: exécrable — of the poorest quality
- German: armselig — of the poorest quality
- German: erbärmlich — of the poorest quality
- Italian: esecrabile — of the poorest quality
- Latin: execrabilis — of the poorest quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: elendig — of the poorest quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: kummerlig — of the poorest quality
- Polish: okropny — of the poorest quality
- Portuguese: execrável — of the poorest quality
- Romanian: execrabil — of the poorest quality
- Spanish: execrable — of the poorest quality
- Swedish: vedervärdig — of the poorest quality
- Swedish: usel — of the poorest quality
- Bulgarian: омразен (omrazen) — hateful
- Dutch: verfoeilijk — hateful
- Faroese: andstyggiligur — hateful
- Finnish: inhottava — hateful
- Finnish: iljettävä — hateful
- Finnish: kuvottava — hateful
- German: abscheulich — hateful
- German: grässlich — hateful
- German: widerwärtig — hateful
- Italian: esecrando — hateful
- Norwegian Bokmål: avskyelig — hateful
- Norwegian Bokmål: viderverdig — hateful
- Polish: okropny — hateful
- Russian: отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) — hateful
- Russian: отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) — hateful
- Swedish: avskyvärd — hateful