execrable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɛksɪkrəbəl/ UK /ˈɛksɪkrəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
extremely bad, detestable, or of very poor quality

The inn served execrable wine and even worse stew.

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Synonyms

1 adj · extremely bad, detestable,... abominable detestable atrocious deplorable loathsome odious appalling

Opposites

admirable laudable excellent praiseworthy

Word family

Derived forms execrablyexecrableness

Related forms execrate execration

Etymology

From Latin execrabilis ('accursed, detestable'), from exsecrari ('to curse'), from ex- ('out') + sacrare ('to consecrate, devote'), from sacer ('sacred, accursed').

execrabilis Latin sacer Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# execrable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛksɪkrəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛksɪkrəbəl/

## Meanings
1. extremely bad, detestable, or of very poor quality

## Examples
- The inn served execrable wine and even worse stew.

## Synonyms
- abominable
- detestable
- atrocious
- deplorable
- loathsome
- odious
- appalling

## Antonyms
- admirable
- laudable
- excellent
- praiseworthy

## Derived Forms
- execrably
- execrableness

## Related Forms
- execrate
- execration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: execrabilis
- Root: sacer

## Etymology
From Latin execrabilis ('accursed, detestable'), from exsecrari ('to curse'), from ex- ('out') + sacrare ('to consecrate, devote'), from sacer ('sacred, accursed').

## AI Etymology
Execrable comes from Latin execrabilis ('accursed, detestable'), from exsecrari ('to curse'), from ex- ('out') + sacrare ('to consecrate, devote'), from sacer ('sacred, accursed'). Morphologically, the form is compositional: ex- marks part of the visible structure, while the remaining element supplies the lexical base. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "extremely bad, detestable, or of very poor quality", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as execrably and execrableness and related forms such as execrate and execration, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin execrabilis and Latin sacer, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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