detestable

[ dih-tes-tuh-buhl ]

/ dɪˈtɛs tə bəl /

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adjective

deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.

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execrable, abhorrent, loathsome, odious, vile.

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Origin of detestable

1375–1425; late Middle English <Middle French <Latin dētestābilis, equivalent to dētest(ārī) to detest + -ābilis-able

OTHER WORDS FROM detestable

de·test·a·bil·i·ty, de·test·a·ble·ness, nounde·test·a·bly, adverbun·de·test·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·de·test·a·ble, adjective

un·de·test·a·ble·ness, nounun·de·test·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby detestable

deterministic, deterrence, deterrent, detersive, detest, detestable, detestation, dethatch, dethrone, detick, det. in dup.

How to use detestable in a sentence

That much of this division falls along racial lines is detestable to me.
Is America a Police State? For Many, Yes|Gene Robinson|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Journey to the End of the Night does not offer readers much more than nihilism as a response to a detestable world.
The Search for Serious Literary Fiction for Republicans|James McGirk|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The rotten economy remains detestable but the stimulus program is working fine for their key constituencies.
Stop Coddling Wall Street!|Joel Kotkin|January 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was monstrous that this English damask rose should fall a prey to so detestable a person as the Comte de Lussigny.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Thy foreseeing wisdom takes care to send infatuation upon these detestable men who are so dangerous to us.
Superstition In All Ages (1732)|Jean Meslier
He had been known to make away with the materials of Lolly's detestable occupation when he got the chance.
The Creators|May Sinclair
He will blush, then, if he thinks he has rendered himself hateful and detestable in their eyes.
Letters To Eugenia|Paul Henri Thiry Holbach

British Dictionary definitions for detestable

detestable

/ (dɪˈtɛstəbəl) /

adjective

being or deserving to be abhorred or detested; abominable; odious

Derived forms of detestable

detestability or detestableness, noundetestably, adverb

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