different between spoiled vs execrable
spoiled
English
Alternative forms
- spoilt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp??ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Verb
spoiled
- simple past tense and past participle of spoil
Adjective
spoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)
- (of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
- (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
Usage notes
- Much more common in the US than spoilt, while about as common as spoilt in UK.
Translations
Further reading
- spoiled at OneLook Dictionary Search
- spoiled, spoilt at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams
- despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped
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execrable
English
Etymology
From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??ks?k??bl/, /??ks?k??bl/, /??ksk??bl/
Adjective
execrable (comparative more execrable, superlative most execrable)
- Of the poorest quality.
- Hateful.
- 1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27
- 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.
- 1779, Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "execrable" is often applied: taste, road, crime, murder, thing.
Synonyms
Related terms
- execrableness
- execrably
- execration
- execrate
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin execr?bilis.
Adjective
execrable (plural execrables)
- execrable
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