1
as in terrible
extremely unsatisfactory
her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors
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2
as in poor
of low quality
another souvenir shop selling execrable knickknacks manufactured in some foreign sweatshop
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3
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
In the earliest days of the Biden administration, Caldwell even went so far as to praise Robert Malley—Biden's execrable choice for special envoy to Iran, and previously the chief American negotiator for former President Barack Obama's 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Yes, the execrable Gaetz has been dumped from contention.
—Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
The viral, execrable Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow may have closed up shop, but it’s not forgotten.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
In recent months, those online debates have grown coarse and self-righteous, thanks to an unfortunate lyrical shift towards fellating his own male id on Her Loss, his pathetically execrable collaboration from last year with 21 Savage.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Yes, the execrable Gaetz has been dumped from contention.
—Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
The viral, execrable Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow may have closed up shop, but it’s not forgotten.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
In recent months, those online debates have grown coarse and self-righteous, thanks to an unfortunate lyrical shift towards fellating his own male id on Her Loss, his pathetically execrable collaboration from last year with 21 Savage.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for execrable
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Our prayers are with the victims and their families during this terrible tragedy.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Rather, the wretched truth is a reminder that history’s wins are often, if not always, accompanied by terrible loss — that, sometimes, what was cast as victory may have actually been defeat.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Sep. 2025
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There are 577 bridges in Milwaukee, and only 5% are considered to be in poor condition, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Last week, as financial panic escalated following Milei’s party’s poor showing in local elections, Argentina’s central bank spent more than $1 billion of its foreign currency reserves to keep the peso from collapsing.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … VACANT SEAT – City councilmember resigns after vile comment made to Trump supporter sparks backlash.—
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FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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This vile attack was motivated by hatred for ICE.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Miami could choose to move on from the star receiver due to the horrible season-ending injury.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Many of the game’s best teams spent the regular season alternating between brilliant and horrible.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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It’s been used to import cheap foreign labor at the expense of Americans.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Big, nasty and physical, Kalani Sitake’s bunch controls the ball on offense and gets it back quickly on defense.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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Chad Powers’ nasty protagonist should give it license to be more cutting, rather than just unimaginatively crude, in its humor.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Trump has said repeatedly that Kimmel's ratings are awful.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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As inane and sterile as the marketing was, the actual event wasn’t awful.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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One swing, one timely hit, can change the trajectory of a series, just as an error or inferior defense can unravel a series.—
Annie Heilbrunn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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But compared to the vast amount of data available to open-source models, in-house applications will always have inferior answers, Emmert said.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Execrable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execrable. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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