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Detestable

Detestable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Detestable? [adj] unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Detestable: abhorrent \| abominable \| execrable \| hateful \| obscene \| odious \| offensive \| repugnant \| repulsive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Detestable: abhorrent \| abominable \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| base \| beastly \| below contempt \| beneath contempt \| blameworthy \| brutal \| contemptible \| crude \| deplorable \| despicable \| despiteful \| dire \| disgusting \| dreadful \| egregious \| enormous \| execrable \| fetid \| filthy \| flagrant \| forbidding \| foul \| fulsome \| grievous \| gross \| hateful \| heinous \| horrible \| horrid \| ignoble \| infamous \| lamentable \| loathsome \| lousy \| malodorous \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmic \| monstrous \| nasty \| nauseating \| nefarious \| noisome \| notorious \| noxious \| objectionable \| obnoxious \| obscene \| odious \| offensive \| outrageous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| rank \| rebarbative \| regrettable \| repellent \| reprehensible \| repugnant \| repulsive \| revolting \| rotten \| sad \| scandalous \| schlock \| scurvy \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| sickening \| sordid \| sorry \| squalid \| stinking \| terrible \| too bad \| unclean \| unlikable \| vile \| villainous \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Detestable In Webster's Dictionary \Detest"able\, 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.

Detestable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detestable?

[adj] unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
[adj] 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"

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Detestable In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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