execrable

== English == === Etymology === From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/, /ˈɛksəkɹəbl/, /ˈɛkskɹəbl/ === Adjective === execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable) Of the poorest quality. 2024, G. S. Hans, Law Professors Can’t Keep Carrying Water For the Supreme Court, in: Balls and Strikes, August 5 2024 As execrable as the Supreme Court’s decisions have been, they are of a piece with the conservative rulings from lower court judges who see no issue with laundering a revanchist policy agenda through contorted rulings. Hateful, disgusting. 1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27 But is an enemy so execrable, that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== execrableness execrably execration execrate ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exsecrābilis. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === execrable m or f (masculine and feminine plural execrables) execrable ==== Related terms ==== execrar === Further reading === “execrable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “execrable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “execrable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “execrable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin execrābilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɡseˈkɾable/ [eɣ̞.seˈkɾa.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: e‧xe‧cra‧ble === Adjective === execrable m or f (masculine and feminine plural execrables) execrable ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “execrable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025