Detestable

//dɪˈtɛstəbl̩//

"Detestable" in a Sentence (13 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.

The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion.

The smell was detestable.

And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing.

What a detestable woman!

He had no illusions about the London police. Indeed, he was collecting evidence of their malpractices; and those costermongers, not allowed to stand their barrows in the streets; and prostitutes, good Lord, the fault wasn't in them, nor in young men either, but in our detestable social system and so forth; all of which he considered, could be seen considering, grey, dogged, dapper, clean, as he walked across the Park to tell his wife that he loved her.

That man is a detestable person!

In my opinion, smoking is a ridiculous and detestable act, in addition to being very harmful to health.

What a detestable girl!

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