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Detestable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DETESTABLE, a. Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.
Thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things. Ezek 5.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]
2: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century arousing or meriting intense dislike ; abominable • detestableness noun • detestably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. intensely disliked; hateful. Derivatives: detestably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Detestable De*test"a*ble, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d['e]testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11. Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone or something is detestable, you mean you dislike them very much. (FORMAL) I find their views detestable. = loathsome, abhorrent ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Execrable, abominable, odious, hateful, cursed, accursed, abhorred, damnable. 2. Loathsome, disgusting, sickening, repulsive, offensive, nauseating.

Moby Thesaurus

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