execrable
adjective/ˈeksɪkrəbl/
/ˈeksɪkrəbl/
(formal)- very bad synonym terrible
- execrable poetry
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘expressing or involving a curse’): via Old French from Latin execrabilis, from exsecrari ‘to curse’, based on sacrare ‘dedicate’ (from sacer ‘sacred’).Definitions on the go
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