And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"
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Detest
//dɪˈtɛst//
Synonyms for "detest" (11 found)
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12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- мразя verb (to dislike intensely)
- ненавиждам verb (to dislike intensely)
Catalan
1 entries- detestar verb (to dislike intensely)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 厭恨 /厌恨 verb (to dislike intensely)
- 恨死 verb (to dislike intensely)
Czech
2 entries- hnusit si verb (to dislike intensely)
- ošklivit si verb (to dislike intensely)
Dutch
1 entries- verafschuwen verb (to dislike intensely)
Esperanto
2 entries- abomeni verb (to dislike intensely)
- malamegi verb (to dislike intensely)
Finnish
1 entries- inhota verb (to dislike intensely)
French
2 entries- détester verb (to dislike intensely)
- mépriser verb (to dislike intensely)
German
1 entries- verabscheuen verb (to dislike intensely)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyűlöl verb (to dislike intensely)
Ingrian
1 entries- inhota verb (to dislike intensely)
Irish
1 entries- an ghráin a bheith agat ar verb (to dislike intensely)
Italian
1 entries- detestare verb (to dislike intensely)
Japanese
2 entries- ひどく嫌う verb (to dislike intensely)
- 大嫌い verb (to dislike intensely)
Latin
4 entries- abōminor verb (to dislike intensely)
- execror verb (to dislike intensely)
- exsecror verb (to dislike intensely)
- odi verb (to dislike intensely)
Norwegian
1 entries- avsky verb (to dislike intensely)
Polish
2 entries- nie cierpieć verb (to dislike intensely)
- nienawidzić verb (to dislike intensely)
Portuguese
2 entries- detestar verb (to dislike intensely)
- odiar verb (to dislike intensely)
Russian
1 entries- ненави́деть verb (to dislike intensely)
Scots
1 entries- laith verb (to dislike intensely)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fuathaich verb (to dislike intensely)
Spanish
1 entries- detestar verb (to dislike intensely)
Swedish
1 entries- avsky verb (to dislike intensely)
Thai
2 entries- ชิงชัง verb (to dislike intensely)
- รังเกียจ verb (to dislike intensely)
Turkish
1 entries- tiksinmek verb (to dislike intensely)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
They absolutely detest each other.
Source: tatoeba (305562)
I detest having to hurry in the morning.
Source: tatoeba (396014)
The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.
Source: tatoeba (918786)
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