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.