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.
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Detestable
//dɪˈtɛstəbl̩//
Synonyms for "detestable" (106 found)
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6 entriesderived
3 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- омразен adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- противен adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Catalan
1 entries- detestable adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Esperanto
1 entries- abomeninda adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Finnish
3 entries- inhottava adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- kauhistuttava adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- vastenmielinen adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Greek
1 entries- αξιομίσητος adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Irish
1 entries- gráiniúil adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Latin
2 entries- dētestābilis adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- dīrus adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Macedonian
4 entries- га́ден adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- гна́сен adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- о́двратен adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- о́мразен adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Russian
4 entries- гнусный adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- мерзкий adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- омерзительный adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
- отвратительный adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Swedish
1 entries- avskyvärd adj (stimulating disgust or detestation)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
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.
Source: tatoeba (1529878)
The smell was detestable.
Source: tatoeba (4834415)
And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing.
Source: tatoeba (7872034)
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