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detestable::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abominable, execrable, odious |
detestable vices.
Examples of detestable
detestable
I find this attitude to spelling and minutiae shallow and verging on detestable.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It will be his and his detestable followers'way of casting doubt on his death.
From the kansas.com
Sure, he did a lot of controversial, even detestable, things off the court.
From the suntimes.com
Thatcher has ridden around on plenty of detestable donkeys in her time.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hollywood must not know that detestable people also live in small towns.
From the fresnobee.com
Oh, and all those socially destructive and detestable policies he's backing these days.
From the guardian.co.uk
There then began not that long after what was a detestable state of affairs at Northampton.
From the independent.co.uk
Eight months spent in either a hospital bed or that detestable chair.
From the thestate.com
If any detestable acts were committed, I condemn them, but they were not done on my orders.
From the miamiherald.com
- Abhorrent: 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"
- Abominable: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
- (detestably) in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
- Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking
- (detestability) The state or quality of being detestable
- To dislike with strong feeling; hate.
