Synonyms of execrable

execrable

adjective

ˈek-si-krə-bəl 

1

as in terrible

extremely unsatisfactory

her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terrible
• horrible
• awful
• poor
• wretched
• atrocious
• rotten
• bad
• defective
• dismal
• lousy
• inadequate
• sucky
• insufficient
• flawed
• lacking
• substandard
• shameful
• miserable
• contemptible
• punk
• inferior
• deficient
• worthless
• mediocre
• useless
• reprehensible
• odious
• abominable
• faulty
• wanting
• vile
• damnable
• low-grade
• off
• valueless
• bum
• second-rate
• fiendish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• great
• marvellous
• wonderful
• marvelous
• excellent
• superior
• exceptional
• first-class
• prime
• adequate
• sufficient
• choice
• premium
• bitchin'
• first-rate
• acceptable
• satisfactory

2

as in poor

of low quality

another souvenir shop selling execrable knickknacks manufactured in some foreign sweatshop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terrible
• poor
• cheap
• inferior
• bad
• rotten
• coarse
• wretched
• common
• worthless
• mediocre
• shoddy
• rubbishy
• useless
• low-rent
• miserable
• crappy
• lousy
• low-grade
• trashy
• second-rate
• sleazy
• schlocky
• cheesy
• bum
• junky
• cheapjack
• shlocky
• gimcrack
• trumpery
• counterfeit
• schlock
• shlock
• fake
• cut-rate
• bargain-basement
• lackluster
• meretricious
• valueless
• tawdry
• el cheapo
• indifferent
• gaudy
• garish
• second-class
• swanky
• showy
• kitschy
• ostentatious
• shabby
• tacky
• kitsch
• glitzy
• flashy
• swank
• seedy
• splashy
• sham
• phoney
• phony
• ultracheap
• brummagem
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excellent
• good
• superior
• fine
• first-class
• high-grade
• first-rate
• elegant
• handsome
• top-notch
• tasteful
• polished
• refined
• handcrafted

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vile
• nasty
• dirty
• immoral
• detestable
• contemptible
• cruel
• vicious
• despicable
• wretched
• ignoble
• ignominious
• bad
• sordid
• corrupt
• dishonorable
• evil
• paltry
• mean
• snide
• low-down
• base
• low-minded
• foul
• currish
• wicked
• low
• wrong
• iniquitous
• reprehensible
• atrocious
• depraved
• debased
• censurable
• miscreant
• perverted
• villainous
• blameworthy
• disgraceful
• blamable
• degenerate
• shameful
• dissolute
• debauched
• unprincipled
• unscrupulous
• unworthy
• disreputable
• discreditable
• unethical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noble
• honorable
• high
• venerable
• virtuous
• excellent
• lofty
• good
• upright
• straight
• righteous
• honest
• scrupulous
• ethical
• exemplary
• moral
• proper
• commendable
• principled
• decent
• just
• right
• respectable
• high-minded
• reputable
• blameless
• right-minded
• guiltless
• irreproachable
• seemly
• incorruptible
• unerring
• uncorrupted

Examples of execrable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My grandfather purchased it—along with a sweet fake Renoir and an execrable Modigliani—while living in Buenos Aires in the early Sixties. —Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022

Get this execrable liar out of Congress. —Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 16 May 2022

Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable. —Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023

For some reason The New York Times has given the execrable Lee Siegel space to write on its website. —Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2012

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