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as in terrible
extremely unsatisfactory
her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors
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as in poor
of low quality
another souvenir shop selling execrable knickknacks manufactured in some foreign sweatshop
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as in vile
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
a sordid murder case that was covered with execrable excess by the newspaper tabloids and cable news outlets
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Recent Examples of execrable
New York, despite winning by 10, shot just 14-of-52 on shots outside the paint, including an execrable 3 of 23 on above-the-break 3s.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Not an easy question to respond to for anyone who has to answer for a sibling’s execrable behavior!
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Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2026
Down starred as Michael Alexander, a clueless, Hermès-tie-flipping banker with a side gig making execrable hip-hop music.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Not an easy question to respond to for anyone who has to answer for a sibling’s execrable behavior!
—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2026
Down starred as Michael Alexander, a clueless, Hermès-tie-flipping banker with a side gig making execrable hip-hop music.
—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for execrable
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Thank you to everyone who read or contributed to this column over the years, who reached out to me with story ideas or tips, or complimented my terrible artwork.
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Visitors will see his Rough Riders uniform; the 1884 diary grieving his terrible loss; and the eyeglasses case, speech and shirt from the 1912 assassination attempt against him.
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Because of that, these hands suffer from high production costs, poor durability against impacts, short operational lifespans, and there are no existing solutions that engineers can readily draw upon, Wang added.
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The extreme heat can also affect people who are physically ill, especially those with heart disease or high blood pressure, or who take certain medications, such as for depression, insomnia, or poor circulation.
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Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment.
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That person is referring to heavyweight Josh Hokit, who is facing widespread backlash for making a vile joke about former first lady Michelle Obama after winning his match over Derrick Lewis.
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The Red Sox offense has been horrible this season, but Contreras has been everything the club could have hoped for.
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
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Microchips are relatively cheap and are required for every pet in Los Angeles County over 4 months old.
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Prove Your Claims With Evidence In a market flooded with AI capabilities, claims are cheap, and every launch sounds the same.
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Including some rather nasty, big corpo bullies who enlist specialist teams to hunt down clues, and other players, too.
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Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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More broadly, the idea that White players are inherently inferior no longer matches reality.
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This is because Austria would have remained on three points but with an inferior goal difference to Iran in the third-place standings (minus one to zero).
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“Execrable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execrable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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