Detestable

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  • adjective. Inspiring or deserving abhorrence or scorn. synonym: hateful.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be detested; hateful; abominable; execrable; very odious.
  • Synonyms Odious, execrable, abhorred, vile. See list under abominable.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. offensive to the mind
  • adjective. unequivocally detestable
    • Word Usage
    "Her engagement at the luncheon-bar he spoke of as a detestable slavery, which had wasted her health and driven her in the end to an act of desperation."
    cross-reference
    abominable  hateful  loathsome  
    Equivalent
    hateful  offensive  
    Form
    detestableness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abominable  atrocious  damnable  degrade  deprave  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abhorred  abhorrent  abominable  abominable  arrant  
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