The meaning of EXECRABLE is deserving to be execrated : detestable. How to use execrable in a sentence. Did you know?

(Definition of execrable from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

What extremity of hunger, or hostile arms that bristled round their ramparts, that forced these to dare a prodigy of guilt so execrable? From Project Gutenberg His execrable temper had …

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If something's execrable it's really and truly, unbelievably, absolutely the worst. Execrable is often used as a harshly critical term in the arts, when a reviewer really wants to throw the book at …

If you describe something as execrable, you mean that it is very bad or unpleasant. [ formal ] Accusing us of being disloyal to cover his own sorry behavior is truly execrable.

execrable - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

What does the adjective execrable mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective execrable , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Definition of execrable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Execrable definition: Deserving of execration; hateful.