Dictionary Definition
execrable adj
1 of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable
housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
2 unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment
of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
"consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn:
abominable, detestable, odious]
3 deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" [syn:
damnable]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- ex"e*cra*ble
Synonyms
- abhorrent
- abominable
- atrocious
- deplorable
- despicable
- detestable
- disgusting
- foul
- heinous
- horrific
- loathsome
- low
- monstrous
- repulsive
- revolting
- sickening
- vile
- wretched
Related terms
Translations
of the poorest quality
- ttbc Bulgarian: отвратителен
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, arrant, atrocious, bad, base, beastly, beggarly, below contempt,
beneath contempt, black,
blamable, blameworthy, cheesy, contemptible, criminal, crude, crummy, cursed, damn, damnable, damned, dark, debased, degraded, demoniac, demonic, depraved, despicable, detestable, devilish, diabolic, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, evil, fetid, fiendish, flagitious, flagrant, forbidding, foul, fulsome, ghoulish, goddamn, goddamned, grave, gross, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrific, horrifying, ignoble, improper, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, knavish, little, loathsome, low, low-down, lumpen, malodorous, mangy, mean, measly, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, miserable, monstrous, nasty, naughty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, paltry, peccant, petty, poky, poor, rank, rebarbative, repellent, reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, satanic, scabby, scandalous, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shoddy, sickening, sinful, small, squalid, stinking, unforgivable, ungodly, unmentionable, unpardonable, unspeakable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wretched, wrong