I feel my head so stupid, my hand so disobedient, my pen so execrable, my ink such a mudpond, that I ought in mercy to save you the trouble of deciphering more.
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Execrable
//ˈɛksɪkɹəbl//
Synonyms for "execrable" (179 found)
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Strong matches (54)
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Adjective(12 words)
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Synonyms
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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4 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- долен adj (of the poorest quality)
- омразен adj (hateful)
Dutch
1 entries- verfoeilijk adj (hateful)
Faroese
2 entries- andstyggiligur adj (hateful)
- ússaligur adj (of the poorest quality)
Finnish
3 entries- iljettävä adj (hateful)
- inhottava adj (hateful)
- kuvottava adj (hateful)
French
1 entries- exécrable adj (of the poorest quality)
German
4 entries- abscheulich adj (hateful)
- armselig adj (of the poorest quality)
- erbärmlich adj (of the poorest quality)
- grässlich adj (hateful)
Italian
2 entries- esecrabile adj (of the poorest quality)
- esecrando adj (hateful)
Latin
1 entries- execrabilis adj (of the poorest quality)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- avskyelig adj (hateful)
- elendig adj (of the poorest quality)
- kummerlig adj (of the poorest quality)
- viderverdig adj (hateful)
Polish
2 entries- okropny adj (of the poorest quality)
- okropny adj (hateful)
Portuguese
1 entries- execrável adj (of the poorest quality)
Romanian
1 entries- execrabil adj (of the poorest quality)
Russian
2 entries- отврати́тельный adj (hateful)
- отта́лкивающий adj (hateful)
Spanish
1 entries- execrable adj (of the poorest quality)
Swedish
3 entries- avskyvärd adj (hateful)
- usel adj (of the poorest quality)
- vedervärdig adj (of the poorest quality)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
The arcanely evil words of that despicable, loathsome, suppressed, vile, pululating ^([sic]), odious, nictating, repellent, repugnant, noxious, abhorrent, abominable, tory, execrable, nauseous work, Ye Boke of Guts, moved as if on a conveyor belt before his eyes.
Source: wiktionary
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