execrable

UK: /ˈɛksɪkrəb^əl/ US: /ˈɛksɪkrəbəl/ ,(ek′si krə bəl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

ex•e•cra•ble /ˈɛksɪkrəbəl/   adj. 

1. very bad;
   inferior:
   an execrable performance.
2. completely detestable;
   abhorrent;
   
   an execrable crime.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ex•e•cra•ble  (ek′si krə bəl), adj. 

1. utterly detestable;
   abominable;
   abhorrent.
2. very bad:
   an execrable stage performance.

• Latin ex(s)ecrābilis accursed, detestable. See execrate, -able
• 1350–1400 for earlier sense "expressing a curse''; 1480–90 for def. 1; Middle English

ex′e•cra•ble•ness, n. 
ex′e•cra•bly, adv. 

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execrable / ˈɛksɪkrəb^əl/ adjective

1. deserving to be execrated; abhorrent
2. of very poor quality: an execrable meal

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin exsecrābilis, from exsecrārī to execrate

ˈexecrableness noun

ˈexecrably adverb