Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To dislike intensely; abhor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To hold worthy of malediction; execrate; hate; dislike intensely: as, to detest crimes or meanness.
- Synonyms Abhor, Detest, etc. (see hate); to execrate, View with horror.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To dislike intensely; to loathe.
- v. obsolete To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
- v. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe.
WordNet 3.0
- v. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
Etymologies
- From Middle French detester, from Latin detestari ("to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely"), from de- + testari ("to testify, bear witness"), from testis ("a witness"); see test, testify. (Wiktionary)
- French détester, from Latin dētestārī, to curse : dē-, de- + testārī, to invoke (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“You know I am only six miles away -- little more than half an hour's drive, and though I hate Bartram, and detest Silas -- Yes, I _detest”
“But what I detest is the attitude you display in your responses … …. patronising and belittling.”
“I\'d use the word detest, but then I might be accused by apologists like Fred Barnes of harboring an irrational hatred of Bush.”
“I’d use the word detest, but then I might be accused by apologists like Fred Barnes of harboring an irrational hatred of Bush.”
“By and large, I hate - perhaps I should add "detest" - these Wall Street”
“To use a phrase I detest just 4 fun - repeat and rinse.”
“It's a process members detest, which is why many have wished Rangel would resign, getting them off the hook for having to judge their colleague.”
“Assuming you are correct and not just biased in your assumption that people "detest" Hillary, she has no one to blame but herself and her campaign for it.”
“Dixon, "detest" and whine to your heart's content.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“While we both enjoy meeting new people for the sake of meeting new and interesting people, we also both kind of detest the sort of meeting new people for the mere sake of using them for career advancement.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘detest’.
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Interesting words
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concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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Verbages
puddle, kowtow, tessellate, defalcate, embezzle, enkindle, ablate, frivol, moonlight, tongue-tie, gobble, pettifog and 58 more...
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Do More Than Hate
A list of words for describing dislike, reproval or criticism.
belabor, malevolent, reprobate, ire, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignance, grame, scorn, geck and 23 more...
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The Wonderer
For better writing.
emulate, intangible, comprehensible, detest, feasible, ominous, tarnished, betrothed, eccentric, folley, interloper, jaded and 1 more...
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attribute, sticking, distinct, perseverance, trend, clarify, avoidant, ambivalent, disoriented, cling, prompting, appositive and 94 more...
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Nullologue
nullologue, vaudeville, debauchery, debauched, libertine, nothing, dhadak, tz pf, nothingology, goodbyeology, sharmuta, manifesto and 874 more...
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@vcb.etym.prjct - SAT PT #5 (new bk)
inane, scrutinze, attended, testify to, jeopardize, sustain, plentiful, ornate, multifarious, catalogue, anachronistic, extrapolate and 89 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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faux comparatives
temp, temper, tempest, hone, honer, honest, dive, diver, divest, earn, earner, earnest and 46 more...
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gre word list
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abate, ascetic, spartan, aristocrat, loathe, detest, odious, abrade, scrimp, scrunch, abridge, concise and 66 more...
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