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" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Adjective(4 words)
Verb(2 words)
abhorrentabominablearrantatrociousawfulbasebeastlybelow contemptbeneath contemptblameworthybrutalcontemptiblecrudedamnabledeplorabledespicable
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
be disgusted by
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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More general
2 entriesmoral evaluationsensory evaluation
More specific
4 entriesabhorrent conductnoxious scentreprehensible actrepulsive odor
Collocations
5 entriesdetestable actdetestable behaviordetestable conductdetestable politicianmost detestable
Inflections
2 entriesmore detestablemost detestable
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample 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.
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The smell was detestable.
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And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing.
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