execrable

execrable
execrableness, n.execrably, adv.
/ek"si kreuh beuhl/, adj.
1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
2. very bad: an execrable stage performance.
[1350-1400 for earlier sense "expressing a curse"; 1480-90 for def. 1; ME < L ex(s)ecrabilis accursed, detestable. See EXECRATE, -ABLE]

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  • exécrable — [ ɛgzekrabl; ɛksekrabl ] adj. • 1355; lat. execrabilis → exécrer 1 ♦ Littér. Qu on doit exécrer, avoir en horreur. ⇒ abominable, détestable, odieux, répugnant. Fouquier Tinville « devint de plus en plus exécré et exécrable » (Michelet). 2 ♦ Cour …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • execrable — EXECRABLE. adj. de tout genre. Detestable, dont on doit avoir horreur. Crime execrable. parricide execrable. c est un homme execrable. Il se dit fig. Par exaggeration des choses extremement mauvaises. Que dites vous de ce livre, de ce poëme? il… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • execrable — execrable, damnable, accursed, cursed mean so odious as to deserve cursing or condemning. In actual use they vary little if any in force and only slightly in implications, although usage to a certain extent limits their applications. Execrable is …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Execrable — Ex e*cra*ble, a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. ex[ e]crable. See {Execrate}.] Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. Execrable pride. Hooker. {Ex e*cra*ble*ness}, n. {Ex e*cra*bly} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • execrable — late 14c., from O.Fr. execrable, from L. execrabilis/exsecrabilis execrable, accursed, from execrari/exsecrari (see EXECRATE (Cf. execrate)). Related: Execrably …   Etymology dictionary

  • execrable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que merece ser condenado o aborrecido: El execrable crimen fue cometido por dos desaprensivos. Sinónimo: abominable …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • execrable — index arrant (onerous), bad (offensive), blameful, blameworthy, contemptible, contemptuous, depra …   Law dictionary

  • execrable — [adj] horrible, sickening abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, horrific, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious,… …   New thesaurus

  • execrable — et detestable, Sacer, Execrabilis, Deuotus …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • execrable — (Del lat. exsecrabĭlis). adj. Digno de execración …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • execrable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely bad or unpleasant. DERIVATIVES execrably adverb. ORIGIN Latin execrabilis, from exsecrari curse …   English terms dictionary

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