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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
execrable
    adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
           conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
           accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
           execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
    2: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
       prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
       "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn:
       abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]
    3: deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" [syn: damnable,
       execrable]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Execrable \Ex"e*cra*ble\, a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf.
   F. ex['e]crable. See Execrate.]
   Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable;
   abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "Execrable pride."
   --Hooker. -- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Execrable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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