Peter Abelard

Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world?

French Philosopher

Lionel Shriver

My agent had warned that, while a fine film would do my profile a world of good, a bad one wouldn't help me at all, and I suspected she was soft-pedalling the latter possibility. The effect of a truly execrable adaptation is worse than neutral. The stink rubs off.

American Journalist

Madison Smartt Bell

In 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).

American Novelist

Use 'execrable' to express strong disapproval or moral outrage over something.

Extreme Disapproval

'Execrable' indicates something worse than usual badness; it's reserved for the lowest of the low.

Beyond Typical Bad

This word isn't commonly used in everyday conversation; it's more likely found in formal or written contexts.