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ex·e·cra·ble

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ADJECTIVE:

Deserving of execration; hateful.
Extremely inferior; very bad: an execrable meal.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin execrbilis, from execrr, exsecrr, to execrate ; see execrate

OTHER FORMS:
exe·cra·ble·ness(Noun), exe·cra·bly(Adverb)

Thesaurus: synonyms for execrable

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