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detest

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Verb (transitive)
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de=test

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb detest has 1 sense

  • detest(v = verb.emotion) hate - dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
  • is one way to dislike
    Derived form noun detestation1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam cannot detest Sue
    Sam and Sue detest the movie

OXFORD DICTIONARY

detest, v.tr. hate, loathe.

Derivative
detester n.
Etymology
L detestari (as DE-, testari call to witness f. testis witness)

ROGET THESAURUS

detest

Dislike

VB mislike misrelish, dislike, disrelish, mind, object to, have rather not, would rather not, prefer not to, not care for, have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to, have an aversion for, have no taste for, have no stomach for, shun, avoid, eschew, withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from, not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure, shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at, make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace, make faces, loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor, hate, take amiss, have enough of, wish away, unwish cause dislike, excite dislike, disincline, repel, sicken, make sick, render sick, turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils, go against the grain, go against the stomach, stick in the throat, make one's blood run cold, pall.

Hate

VB hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe, recoil at, shudder at, shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate, scowl, disrelish, owe a grudge, bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice, conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to, excite hatred, provoke hatred, be hateful, stink in the nostrils, estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile, horrify, roil.

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