EXECRABLE Synonyms: 188 Similar and Opposite Words

execrable

adjective

ˈek-si-krə-bəl

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as in terrible

extremely unsatisfactory her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors

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as in poor

of low quality another souvenir shop selling execrable knickknacks manufactured in some foreign sweatshop

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as in vile

not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency a sordid murder case that was covered with execrable excess by the newspaper tabloids and cable news outlets

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Recent Examples of execrable The working conditions in those factories, often staffed by children, were execrable; the horror stories that emerged, of mangled limbs and bodies, eventually helped encourage reform. —

Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2023 My grandfather purchased it—along with a sweet fake Renoir and an execrable Modigliani—while living in Buenos Aires in the early Sixties. —

Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 Get this execrable liar out of Congress. —

Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 16 May 2022 Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable. —

Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for execrable

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The Los Angeles wildfires have been a terrible tragedy.

— Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Two women were now the lead anchors on Today, creating a powerful symbolism just as terrible revelations were surfacing about several men in the industry.

— Eric Deggans, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025