"execrable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/ [US], /ˈɛksəkɹəbl/ [US], /ˈɛkskɹəbl/ [US] Audio: En-us-execrable.oga [US] Forms: more execrable [comparative], most execrable [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|execrable}} Old French execrable, {{der|en|la|execrabilis}} Latin execrabilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)
  1. Of the poorest quality. Translations (of the poorest quality): долен (dolen) (Bulgarian), ússaligur (Faroese), exécrable (French), armselig (German), erbärmlich (German), esecrabile (Italian), execrabilis (Latin), elendig (Norwegian Bokmål), kummerlig (Norwegian Bokmål), execrável (Portuguese), execrabil (Romanian), execrable (Spanish), vedervärdig (Swedish), usel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-execrable-en-adj-cIkZHnd5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'of the poorest quality': 99 1
  2. Hateful. Translations (hateful): омразен (omrazen) (Bulgarian), verfoeilijk (Dutch), andstyggiligur (Faroese), inhottava (Finnish), iljettävä (Finnish), kuvottava (Finnish), abscheulich (German), grässlich (German), widerwärtig (German), avskyelig (Norwegian Bokmål), viderverdig (Norwegian Bokmål), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (Russian), avskyvärd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-execrable-en-adj-ZoULdO0I Disambiguation of 'hateful': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: execrableness, execrably, execration, execrate, execrable taste, execrable road, execrable crime, execrable murder, execrable thing

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