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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

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 Wetherald, A. Ethelwyn

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 Huc, Évariste Régis