Detestable
/dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
"detestable person"
Adjective
- 1 unequivocally detestable wordnet
- 2 offensive to the mind wordnet
Example
More examples"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.