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English Dictionary: execrable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for execrable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
execrable adj of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" Synonym(s): deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke Synonym(s): abominable, detestable, execrable, odious deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" Synonym(s): damnable, execrable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Execrable \Ex"ecrable\, a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. ex[82]crable. See {Execrate}.] Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. [bd]Execrable pride.[b8] --Hooker. -- {Ex"ecrableness}, n. -- {Ex"ecra*bly}, adv.