EXECRABLE


Meaning of EXECRABLE in English

— execrableness , n. — execrably , adv.

/ek"si kreuh beuhl/ , adj.

1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.

2. very bad: an execrable stage performance.

[ 1350-1400 for earlier sense "expressing a curse"; 1480-90 for def. 1; ME ex ( s ) ecrabilis accursed, detestable. See EXECRATE, -ABLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .