detestation
Americannoun
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intense hatred; abhorrence
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a person or thing that is detested
Etymology
Origin of detestation
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin dētestātiōn- (stem of dētestātiō ), equivalent to dētestāt ( us ) (past participle of dētestārī to detest; -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The 81-year-old president generally seems like a grandfatherly figure predisposed to give people the benefit of the doubt, which makes his detestation of Trump all the more striking.
From Salon
In a perpetually changing world, the limitless capacity of France’s political factions’ mutual detestation is a constant.
From Washington Post
In my son’s democratic universe, I had hoped they could transcend detestation.
From Washington Post
“Divided We Fall” by David French, published weeks before the 2020 election, pictures the cleaving of the United States into two culturally distinct states, united only in their mutual detestation.
From Washington Post
The litany of domestic terrorism attacks manifests an ideological hatred of social justice as virulent as the Taliban’s detestation of Western values of freedom and truth.
From Washington Post
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