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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {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}, {odious}] 3: deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" [syn: {damnable}]
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