execrable, inexecrable

execrable, inexecrable
Execrable means "very bad," ''abominable," "detestable": "The drunken actor gave an execrable performance." "Your rude behavior is execrable." Inexecrable occasionally appears in print, but it is obsolete and is probably mistaken for some such word as inexorable.

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  • inexecrable — See execrable. See execrable, inexecrable …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • execrable — See execrable, inexecrable …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • inexecrable — /in ekˈsi krə bl/ (Shakespeare) adjective Perhaps a misprint for inexorable, though interpreted by some as an intensive form of execrable …   Useful english dictionary

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