execrable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
    miserable; deplorable; woeful; wretched.
    • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
    • woeful treatment of the accused
    • woeful errors of judgment
  2. adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
    abominable; detestable; odious.
    • abominable treatment of prisoners
    • detestable vices
    • execrable crimes
    • consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
  3. adjective satellite deserving a curse
    damnable.
    • her damnable pride

WordNet

Ex"e*cra*ble adjective
Etymology
L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. exécrable. See Execrate.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913