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Definition of execrable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

execrable

adjective
 
/ˈeksɪkrəbl/
 
/ˈeksɪkrəbl/
(formal)
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  1. 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’).
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