Detestable

//dɪˈtɛstəbl̩// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

    "detestable person"

Adjective
  1. 1
    unequivocally detestable wordnet
  2. 2
    offensive to the mind wordnet

Synonyms

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abominabledespicableodiousoffensiverepugnantwretched

Antonyms

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good

Example

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"Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and eight times out of nine I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities."

Etymology

From Middle French détestable. By surface analysis, detest + -able.

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