Literary notes about execrable (AI summary)
Writers use “execrable” to intensify descriptions of moral, aesthetic, and sensory disapproval. It often conveys extreme condemnation of a character’s behavior or qualities, as observed when a life is depicted as “so shameful, so foul, so execrable” [1] or a traitor is branded “the most vile and execrable” [2]. The term’s versatility is further highlighted when it criticizes not only character and deeds but also styles of language and artistic execution, such as disapproving of unsophisticated language in dialogue [3] or garish artistic choices [4]. In some works, “execrable” deepens the emotional impact by linking negative qualities to harsh, unforgettable imagery [5][6].
- One of his successors, Victor III., declared that the life of Benedict was so shameful, so foul, so execrable, that he shuddered to describe it.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete ContentsDresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll - Attorney —Thou art the most vile and execrable traitor that ever lived.
— from State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1 (of 2) - This convinced me that Steyne was an intelligent man, though his French was execrable.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - The cup is small, it is smeared with grounds; the coffee is black, thick, unsavory of smell, and execrable in taste.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - Friendship, gratitude, generosity, all the good feelings I had, have been consumed by this execrable love.
— from Serge Panine — Complete by Georges Ohnet - Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, That dar’st, though grim and terrible, advance Thy miscreated Front athwart my way To yonder Gates?
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton
