execrable
execrably
If something's execrable it's really and truly, unbelievably, absolutely the worst.
Execrable is often used as a harshly critical term in the arts, when a reviewer really wants to throw the book at something. Not surprisingly, the word comes from a Latin word meaning "to utter a curse; to hate or abhor." Tough words for bad art. Perhaps part of the power and nastiness of execrable lies in the word's similarity to excrement — but that's a vocabulary word we're not touching in this entry!
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unequivocally detestable
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of very poor quality or condition
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synonyms:
deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched
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inferior
of low or inferior quality
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inferior
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deserving a curse
Vocabulary lists containing execrable
This list of intermediate words features a mixture of easier and more difficult words that you may be less familiar with. Study these words and watch your GRE score grow.
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