Word Meanings - DETESTATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To detest. Udall.
Related words: (words related to DETESTATE)
- DETESTABLY
In a detestable manner. - DETESTABLE
Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11. Syn. -- Abominable; - DETESTABLENESS
The quality or state of being detestable. - DETESTATE
To detest. Udall. - DETESTABILITY
Capacity of being odious. Carlyle. - DETEST
calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a 1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. Fuller. God hath detested them with his own mouth. Bale. 2. - DETESTER
One who detes - DETESTATION
The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke. - FEUDALLY
In a feudal manner.