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/dɪtˈɛst/ /ditˈɛst/ Listen

verb

Detest v. t. (past & past part. detested; pres. part. detesting)

To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. (Obs.) "The heresy of Nestorius... was detested in the Eastern churches." "God hath detested them with his own mouth."

To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil. "Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell."

Synonyms: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See Hate.

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