detest

[US]/dɪˈtest/
[UK]/dɪˈtest/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. feel intense or violent dislike towards; loathe
adj. arousing or deserving intense dislike

Example Sentences

she really did detest his mockery.

Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.

The Mediterranean country had just expulse the detested invaders.

I detest cheese; I can't eat it.

I detest people who tell lies.

she detested him more with every passing second.

A number of the students detested the subject but adored the teacher.

had given the interior decorator carte blanche and then detested the results.

19.Contrary to popular belief and legend, Daniel Boone not only did not wear a coonskin cap, he detested them.

Russian Marxists all detested tsarism, cared about improving the lot of the working class, and drew inspiration from Marx's writings.

Ridiculousness and grotesque makes people happy and confident with its beauty and fantasy.The art of ugliness sweeps beauty.It only brings pain and detest with sole banality.

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