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Definition: Execrable |
ExecrableAdjective1. Of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment". 2. Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke. 3. Deserving a curse; "her damnable pride". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "execrable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Synonyms: ExecrableSynonyms: abominable (adj), damnable (adj), deplorable (adj), detestable (adj), miserable (adj), odious (adj), woeful (adj), wretched (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpedience | Evil, wrong; depraved; shocking; reprehensible; (disapprove). hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic; (malevolent). |
Pain | Odious, hateful, execrable, repulsive, repellent, abhorrent; horrid, horrible, horrific, horrifying; offensive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Execrable |
| English words defined with "execrable": Nefandous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "execrable": Oreilles ♦ Pun and Pickpocket. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Execrable" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (execrable). |
| Play | Caption |
 | Cackle; cackling; evil; sinister; Mephistophelean; accursed; devil; cursed; damnable; damned; demoniac; demonic; detestable; diabolic; diabolical; execrable; fiendish; hellborn; hellish; hell; infernal; iniquitous; nefarious; satanic; serpentine; unhallow. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But the cuisine degenerated and became execrable, the wine, which had always been bad became frightful |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Execrable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Execrable" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "execrable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i neveritshëm (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, contemptible, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, fulsome, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, loathful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, putrid, rank, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sickening, sickly, slimy, sordid, squalid, unclean, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملعون (abominable, accursed, cursed, damn, damned, detestable, evil, god-damn, stupid, wicked), مقيت (abominable, detestable, repulsive), لعين (abominable, accursed, bloody, cursed, damned, evil, wicked), ردئ جدا (sad). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ужасен (aghast, appalling, awful, bloodcurdling, deadly, desperate, deuced, devastating, dire, direful, dreadful, eldritch, fearful, fearsome, frantic, frightful, furious, ghastly, great, grievous, grisly, gruesome, horrible, horrid, horror-stricken, lurid, macabre, miserable, morbid, murderous, planet-stricken, planet-struck, precious, sad, septic, terrible, terrific, towering, tremendous, unholy, unmentionable, vicious, wretched), отвратителен (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, atrocious, awful, beastly, bestial, carrion, creepy, cursed, damnable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, fulsome, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, infamous, loathsome, lousy, miserable, morbid, nasty, nauseous, noisome, odious, offensive, punk, putrid, rank, repellent, revolting, rotten, septic, shocking, sickening, ugly, unholy, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, villainous, wicked). (various references) | |
Chinese | 该''骂. (various references) | |
Czech | prokletý (accursed, accurst, confounded, cursed, damnable, fated, maledictory, plaguy), ohavný (abominable, despicable, detestable, ghastly, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrid, odious, ugly, unspeakable, vile, villainous), mrzký (damnable), hnusný (abhorrent, beastly, detestable, dirty, disgusting, feculent, foul, horrible, loathsome, revolting, stinking, verminous, vile). (various references) | |
Farsi | مکروه (Detestable), ملعون (Cursed, Cussed, Foul, Unblessed, Unblest), نفرت انگیز (Detestable, Gruesome, Horrid, Invidious, Loathsome, Obnoxious, Odious), زشت (Awkward, Awry, Backhand, Bad, Bawdy, Black, Gash, Gross, Hank, Heinous, Hideous, Homely, Horrid, Invidious, Maladroit, Nefarious, Offensive, Ugly, Uncouth, Unfavorable, Ungainly, Ungraceful, Unhandsome). (various references) | |
French | exécrable, très mauvais, détestable (execrated), affreux. (various references) | |
German | abscheulich (abhorrent, abominable, abominably, atrocious, awful, bloody, damnable, damnably, detestable, detestably, execrably, execrative, flagrant, flagrantly, hateful, heinous, heinously, hideous, horrendous, horrendously, horrible, horribly, loathsome, mean, monstrous, nasty, obnoxious, odious, outrageous, outrageously, putrid, repulsive, revolting, terrible, terribly, vile). (various references) | |
Greek | απαίσιοσ (abominable, dreadful, flagrant, ghastly, horrid, ominous, sinister, stinking), απαίσιος (appaling, atrocious, awful, despicable, foul, horrible, nasty), αποτρόπαιοσ (abominable, heinous, outrageous). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתועב (abhorrent, abominable, atrocious, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, infamous, repulsive, vile), 'רוע (bad, deficit, inferior, putrid, reduction, seamy, shortage, shortfall). (various references) | |
Hungarian | utálatos (abhorrent, abominable, alien, awful, detestable, dismal, distasteful, dreary, ghastly, groaty, grotty, gruesome, hateful, hideous, horrible, loathful, loathsome, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, poisonous, rank), pocsék (bum, crummy, damnable, groaty, grotty, it's an atrocity, lousy, punk). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menjijikkan (abhor, abominable, abominate, detest, detestable, disgust, disgusting, displease, insulting, loathing, odious, reprehensible, repugnant, satiate, scandalize), keterlaluan (excessive, far too much, unreasonable). (various references) | |
Italian | esecrabile. (various references) | |
Korean | 주하" (Cursed). (various references) | |
Manx | graney (bad-looking, dirty, dirty as trick, gruesome, hideous, ill-favoured, lousy, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, revolting, rotten, ugly, uncomely), feohdagh (abhorrent, abominable, filthy, hateful, nauseous), ard-vollaghtagh (blasphemous, maledictory). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | execrableay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | execrável (accursed, accurst, damnable, nefarious, odious). (various references) | |
Romanian | execrabil (hateful, infamous), detestabil (accursed, detestable, foul, hateful, loathsome, odious, odiously), abominabil (abominable, abominably, detestable, dire, hateful, horrible). (various references) | |
Russian | отвратительный (abhorrent, abominable, crummy, cursed, damned, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, evolving, filthy, foul, fulsome, ghoulish, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, loathsome, morbid, nameless, nasty, nauseous, obnoxious, poisonous, rank, repugnant, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, unsavoury, vile). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odvratan (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, brackish, disgustful, disgusting, hideous, loathsome, mucky, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, obscene, odious, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, snotty, sordid, uncongenial, unlovely, vile). (various references) | |
Spanish | execrable. (various references) | |
Swedish | usel (abject, abysmal, bad, base, bum, cheesy, dastardly, ignoble, low, mean, miserable, paltry, pitiful, poor, shoddy, tacky, trashy, vile, worthless, wretched), avskyvärd (abhorrent, abominable, astrocious, beastly, detestable, heinous, loathful, loathsome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, stinking, unspeakable). (various references) | |
Turkish | iğrenç (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, cloying, crying, damn, damned, detestable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, dread, dreadfull, filthy, foul, frightful, ghoulish, god-awful, grievous, hatable, hateable, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, infernal, loathsome, lousy, mangy, mawkish, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scummy, shocking, sick, sickening, sickly, slimy, squirmy, stinking, ugly, vile, villainous, yuck), berbat (abominable, abysmal, accursed, accurst, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, badly, beastly, bum, chronic, crappy, dashed, destroyed, deuced, devilish, disgusting, dread, dreadfull, egregious, fierce, flagitious, frightful, ghastly, grotty, hell, hell of, helluva, horrible, horrid, indifferent, infamous, infernal, ropy, rotten, screwed, shocking, sickening, spoilt, sticky, stinking, terrible, ungodly, unsavory, unsavoury, vicious, vile, villainous, violent, wretched). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | огидний (abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, accurst, antipathetic, antipathetical, atrocious, beastly, bilious, brackish, brutal, carrion, damnable, damned, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, evil, filthy, ghoulish, grim, hanging, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, loathful, loathsome, mawkish, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefandous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, pesky, poisonous, putrid, rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting, shocking, snotty, sordid, sour, stinking, underfoot, wicked). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | rất đáng ghét, bỉ ổi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abominandum, detestabilis, nefarius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Opou aggeloi iscui kai dunamei meizoneV onteV ou ferousin kat autwn para kuriw blasfhmon krisin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ubi angeli fortitudine et virtute cum sint maiores non portant adversum se execrabile iudicium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whanne thei ben more in strengthe and vertu, beren not `that was the execrable doom ayens hem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When ye angels which are greater bothe in power and myght receave not of ye lorde raylynge iudgement agaynst them. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | samtang ang mga manolunda, bisan tuod labi pa silang kusgan ug gamhanan, dili man gani mopasipala paghukom batok kanila sa atubangan sa Ginoo. |
| Chinese | 就 是 天 使 、 雖 然 力 量 權 能 更 大 、 還 不 " 毀 謗 的 話 在 主 面 前 告 他 們 。 |
| Croatian | dok anðeli, iako jakošæu i snagom od njih veæi, ne izrièu protiv njih pred Gospodinom pogrdna suda. |
| Danish | hvor dog Engle, som ere større i Styrke og Magt, ikke fremføre bespottende Dom imod dem for Herren. |
| Dutch | Daar de engelen in sterkte en kracht meerder zijnde, geen lasterlijk oordeel tegen hen voor den Heere voortbrengen. |
| Finnish | vaikka enkelitkään, jotka väkevyydeltään ja voimaltaan ovat suuremmat, eivät lausu heitä vastaan herjaavaa tuomiota Herran edessä. |
| French | tandis que les anges, supérieurs en force et en puissance, ne portent pas contre elles de jugement injurieux devant le Seigneur. |
| German | so doch die Engel, die größere Stärke und Macht haben, kein lästerlich Urteil wider sie fällen vor dem HERRN. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sedangkan malaikat-malaikat yang jauh lebih kuat dan berkuasa dari guru-guru palsu itu, tidak menuduh para makhluk yang mulia itu dengan kata-kata penghinaan di hadapan Tuhan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | padahal segala malaekat, walaupun lebih besar kuat kuasanya, tiada mengumpat mereka itu kepada Tuhan. |
| Italian | mentre gli angeli, a loro superiori per forza e potenza, non portano contro di essi alcun giudizio offensivo davanti al Signore. |
| Maori | Tena ko nga anahera, ahakoa nui ake to ratou kaha, to ratou mana kahore e puaki i a ratou he kupu whakatoi mo era i te aroaro o te Atua ina whakawa. |
| Norwegian | mens dog engler, som er større i styrke og makt, ikke fremfører for Herren nogen spottende dom imot dem; |
| Portuguese | enquanto que os anjos, embora maiores em força e poder, não pronunciam contra eles juízo blasfemo diante do Senhor. |
| Rumanian | pe cknd kngerii, cari sknt mai mari kn tqrie wi putere, nu aduc knaintea Domnului nicio judecatq batjocoritoare kmpotriva lor. |
| Russian | ФПЗ"Б ЛБЛ Й бОЗЕМЩ, ТЕЧПУИП"С ЙИ ЛТЕ ПУФША Й УЙМПА, ОЕ ТПЙЪОПУСФ ОБ ОЙИ ТЕ" зПУ П"ПН ХЛПТЙЪОЕООПЗП УХ"Б. |
| Shuar | Warí, imia Yusa suntari Yusai matsatainia nu, nuna Túratniun Tsúumainiawai. Nankaamas kakaram tura nankaamas uunt ainiayat nu akupniun katsekainiatsui. |
| Swahili | Lakini malaika, ambao wana uwezo na nguvu zaidi kuliko hao walimu wa uongo, hawawashtaki na kuwatukana hao mbele ya Bwana. |
| Swedish | under det att änglar som stå ännu högre i starkhet och makt icke om dem uttala någon smädande dom inför Herren. |
| Uma | Bangku' mala'eka-mala'eka to meliu karoho-ra pai' kabaraka' -ra ngkai guru to boa' toera-e', uma lau-ra daho' mporuge' ba mpopakilu anu mobaraka' toe hi nyanyoa Pue' Ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "execrable": execrableness, execrablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Execrable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Electrabel, exacrable, excecrable, excerable, excrable, execrabilis, exercrable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "execrable" (pronounced e'gze"krubul) |
| 5 | -r u b u l | incurable, adorable, arable, bearable, curable, demonstrable, deplorable, desirable, durable, horrible, impenetrable, terrible, nondurable, parable, repairable, unbearable, undesirable, uninsurable, wearable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, dependable, deployable, depreciable, describable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-l-r-x" | |
-3 letters: cereal, relace. | |
-4 letters: abele, abler, acerb, baler, blare, blear, brace, caber, cable, carex, carle, celeb, clear, creel, excel, lacer, laree, laxer, rebec, rebel, relax, xebec. | |
-5 letters: able, acre, alec, alee, axel, axle, bale, bare, bear, beer, blae, brae, bree, calx, carb, care, carl, cere, crab, earl, exec, lace, lear, leer, race, rale, real. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-l-r-x" | |
+2 letters: exercisable. | |
+4 letters: execrableness. | |
+5 letters: hyperexcitable. | |
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