DETESTABLE

abominable, detestable, execrable, odious

(adjective) unequivocally detestable; “abominable treatment of prisoners”; “detestable vices”; “execrable crimes”; “consequences odious to those you govern”- Edmund Burke

abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive

(adjective) offensive to the mind; “an abhorrent deed”; “the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee”; “morally repugnant customs”; “repulsive behavior”; “the most repulsive character in recent novels”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

Anagrams

• seatbelted

Source: Wiktionary


De*test"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. detestabilis: cf. F. détestable.]

Definition: Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11.

Syn.

– Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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