Execrable vs Disgraceful - What's the difference?
execrable | disgraceful | Related terms |
Of the poorest quality.
Hateful.
* 1779 , Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27
* {{quote-book
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, title = Guts: A Comedy of Manners
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, last = Langford
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, coauthors = Grant, John
, publisher = Wildside Press
, isbn = 9781587154485
, page = 72
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, passage = The arcanely evil words of that despicable, loathsome, suppressed, vile, pululating, odious, nictating, repellent, repugnant, noxious, abhorrent, abominable, tory, execrable , nauseous work, Ye Boke of Guts , moved as if on a conveyor belt before his eyes.
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Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
Execrable is a related term of disgraceful.
As adjectives the difference between execrable and disgraceful
is that execrable is loathsome, detestable while disgraceful is bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.execrable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But is an enemy so execrable , that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.