detestable

[ dih-tes-tuh-buhl ]

/ dɪˈtɛs tə bəl /

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adjective

deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.

Origin of detestable

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin dētestābilis, equivalent to dētest(ārī) to detest + -ābilis -able

SYNONYMS FOR detestable

execrable, abhorrent, loathsome, odious, vile.

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OTHER WORDS FROM detestable

de·test·a·bil·i·ty, de·test·a·ble·ness, noun de·test·a·bly, adverb un·de·test·a·bil·i·ty, noun un·de·test·a·ble, adjective

un·de·test·a·ble·ness, noun un·de·test·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby detestable

determinism, deterrence, deterrent, detersive, detest, detestable, detestation, dethatch, dethrone, detick, detinue

Example sentences from the Web for detestable

That much of this division falls along racial lines is detestable to me.

Is America a Police State? For Many, Yes |Gene Robinson |September 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Journey to the End of the Night does not offer readers much more than nihilism as a response to a detestable world.

The Search for Serious Literary Fiction for Republicans |James McGirk |November 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The man is well enough, of his kind, but the kind is detestable.'

Demos |George Gissing
It's detestable having to quarrel with everybody and never to be good friends with anybody.

The Way We Live Now |Anthony Trollope

I reflected on the infatuation of my surviving parent, and the usurpation of the detestable Betty, with horror.

Arthur Mervyn |Charles Brockden Brown
Horse-racing and gambling, in all their detestable varieties, were the order of the day.

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 |Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
Yes, he is a detestable fellow, very different from our seven little friends of the other night.

Five Mice in a Mouse-trap |Laura E. Richards

British Dictionary definitions for detestable

detestable

/ (dɪˈtɛstəbəl) /

adjective

being or deserving to be abhorred or detested; abominable; odious

Derived forms of detestable

detestability or detestableness, noun detestably, adverb

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