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Synonyms for detest
dɪˈtɛstde·test
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
detest
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful."
Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.Synonyms:
abhor, abominate, despise, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shunAntonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish
Princeton's WordNet
hate, detestverb
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
"I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
Synonyms:
hate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
detestverb
Synonyms:
hate (extremely), abominate, abhor, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3527 | hate | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#31276 | despise | |
#31524 | shun | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#49384 | loathe | |
#69016 | detest | |
#73795 | abhor |
How to use detest in a sentence?
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
I detest life-insurance agents they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness.
I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries.
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
Translations for detest
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- ненавиждам, мразяBulgarian
- ošklivit, hnusitCzech
- verabscheuenGerman
- detestarSpanish
- inhotaFinnish
- mépriser, détesterFrench
- fuathaichScottish Gaelic
- detestareItalian
- לְתַעֵבHebrew
- 大嫌い, 嫌うJapanese
- odi, execror, exsecrorLatin
- verafschuwenDutch
- ненавидетьRussian
- avskySwedish
- ద్వేషించడంTelugu
- nefret etmekTurkish
- ghét bỏVietnamese
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