Hypertext Webster Gateway: "execrable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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