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Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 28, 2008 execrable \EK-sih-kruh-buhl\, adjective: 1. Deserving to be execrated; detestable; abominable. 2. Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior. His human-rights record was abysmal. His relations with Washington were adversarial. He rivaled Zimbabwe's execrable Robert Mugabe for the title "Africa's Saddam." -- James S. Robbins, "The Liberian Opportunity", National Review, July 8, 2003 For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published. -- Laura Miller, "Slush, slush, sweet Stephen", Salon, July 25, 2000 Any theatergoer who has ever felt the urge to murder an actor for an execrable performance should get a kick out of two backstage mysteries that do the deed with a nice theatrical flourish. -- Marilyn Stasio, review of The Gold Gamble, by Herbert Resnicow and Death Mask, by Jane Dentinger, New York Times, October 30, 1988 The decision to level the ancient cathedral is described candidly by one latter-day authoritative guidebook as having demonstrated "execrable taste." -- Dick Grogan, "Pillars speak out to save cathedral", Irish Times, June 11, 1997 Execrable derives from Latin exsecrabilis, execrabilis, from exsecrari, execrari, "to execrate, to curse," from ex-, "out of, away from, outside of" + sacer, "sacred." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for execrable Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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