detester
- a word derived from detest.
Example Sentences
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Now the ex-prizefighter was rather a tender-hearted fellow, and a great detester of foul play.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
A detester of all machine politicians, he was a statesman worthy to be called the William Pitt of the United States.
From 54-40 or Fight by Hough, Emerson
With the war-weary veteran of De Vigny’s tale, he might have said: “J’ai appris à detester la guerre, en la faisant avec énergie.”
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
Where the detester and active enemy of the Cavaliers in the lines that follow, dwelling proudly on the Towers and battlements ...
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
He was a scholar and a gentleman, zealous in religion, fearless in disposition, and a detester of flattery.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John
