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execrable

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

extremely bad, unpleasant, or detestable

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Execrable in a sentence

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The critic dismissed the film's execrable dialogue.

Synonyms
abominableatrociousdeplorable
Antonyms
admirableexcellentsuperb

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Execrable (adjective) means extremely bad, unpleasant, or detestable
Here is execrable used in an example sentence: "The critic dismissed the film's execrable dialogue."
Common synonyms for execrable include abominable, atrocious, deplorable.
Antonyms of execrable include admirable, excellent, superb.
Execrable is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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