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Meanings of detest in English

Portuguese
abominar
Catalan
abominar
Spanish
detestar

Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.

      abominar

      To shrink back with shuddering from something.

            Usage of detest in English
            1
            But your mind is loaded with foul ideas; I detest your spirit.
            Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
            2
            I detest the doctrine, the self-righteousness, and the works of the world.
            Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
            3
            They'd be right to detest us: beside them, we would be detestable.
            Ghost Story
            4
            I detest having it in that great barrack of a dining-room downstairs.
            The Splendid Folly
            5
            I do not understand the cause of it, I detest the result.
            The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
            6
            Her eyes became stiff and large in her detest of his irascibility.
            Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
            7
            In this case it is no matter what you detest or like.
            Conscience — Volume 3
            8
            She was brought up to respect religion and to detest revolutionary ideas.
            The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise
            9
            If I detest anything, it is the unconventional, the stagy, the mysterious.
            The Firefly of France
            10
            You detest her; but you feel that you must get her married.
            Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
            11
            The organized workers not only distrust the politician but detest political chicanery.
            Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and...
            12
            Lionel sits in his study all day and writes poetry-whichI detest.
            What Dreams May Come
            13
            It is a well-known fact that horses detest the odor of blood.
            Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
            14
            Whatever you may urge to the contrary, I detest the people here.
            The Ghost-Seer; or the Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny
            15
            I detest it because it always makes your poor head so hot.
            Foul Play
            16
            He made me hate the Heidlemanns and detest myself for five minutes.
            The Iron Trail
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