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detest

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Scrabble points
7
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7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/dɪˈtɛst/

Definition of detest

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
    “I detest snakes.”
    “Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.”
    “Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
    “I detest snakes.”
    “Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.”
    “Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”
  2. (obsolete, transitive)To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    “The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.”
    “God hath detested them with his own mouth.”

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Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle French detester (French détester), from Latin dētestor (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē- + testor (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Doublet of detestate.

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