| 单词 | execrable |
| 释义 | execrable (once / 4164 pages) adj If something's execrable it's really and truly, unbelievably, absolutely the worst. Execrable is often used as a harshly critical term in the arts, when a reviewer really wants to throw the book at something. Not surprisingly, the word comes from a Latin word meaning "to utter a curse; to hate or abhor." Tough words for bad art. Perhaps part of the power and nastiness of execrable lies in the word's similarity to excrement — but that's a vocabulary word we're not touching in this entry! WORD FAMILYexecrable: execrably+/execrate: execrable, execrated, execrates, execrating, execration/execration: execrations USAGE EXAMPLESNabokov’s commentary on Eugene Onegin is peppered with such jibes, calling one Pushkin translation “execrable” and the author of another one a “toady.” Slate(Dec 20, 2016) The Republican Party has essentially declared that the performance of an attorney’s Sixth Amendment duties is unforgivably execrable. Slate(Oct 04, 2016) An impossible proposal for writers of the River Plate: avoid the adjectives “ominous,” “inveterate,” and “execrable” for ten years. Los Angeles Times(Jul 28, 2016) 1adj unequivocally detestable execrable crimes Syn abominable, detestable, odious hateful evoking or deserving hatred 2adj of very poor quality or condition Syn deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched inferior of low or inferior quality 3adj deserving a curse Syn damnable cursed, curst deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier |
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