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detestable

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de·test·a·ble  (d-tst-bl)
adj.
Inspiring or deserving abhorrence or scorn. See Synonyms at hateful.
de·testa·bili·ty, de·testa·ble·ness n.
de·testa·bly adv.
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Adj.1.detestable - 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"
abhorrent, repugnant, repulsive, obscene
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
2.detestabledetestable - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
abominable, odious, execrable
hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
Translations
detestable [dɪˈtɛstəbl] adj → aborrecible
detestable [dɪˈtɛstəbl] adj → détestable odieux/euse
detestable [dɪˈtɛstəbl] detest adj → abscheulich, widerwärtig
detestable [dɪˈtɛstəbl] adj → detestabile, abominevole


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When the young Prince saw this, his grief at being thus confined burst out afresh, and, standing near the lion, he said: "O you most detestable of animals
Fables by Aesop View in context
He knew the nature of that good man to be so averse to any baseness or treachery, that the least attempt of such a kind would make the sight of the guilty person for ever odious to his eyes, and his name a detestable sound in his ears.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.
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