detestable
adjective
deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.
detestability
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a word derived from
detestable.
Example Sentences
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Baker imbues Freddy with a fascinating detestability that locks you to his sight.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
It’s not just his detestability that makes Dante such a delicious villain.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2013
When he thought he had rendered himself essential to us, he threw aside the mask, and placed himself undisguisedly before us in all the detestability of his character: he became insolent, haughty, overbearing.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc
These horrors were mentioned in the order of their detestability, and with a rising accent.
From An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada by A. Ethelwyn Wetherald
