The meaning of DETEST is to feel intense and often violent antipathy toward : loathe. How to use detest in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Detest.

detest I detest any kind of cruelty. loathe "Do you like cabbage?" "No, I loathe it." despise She despised him for the way he treated her. She detested traveling in hot weather. Throughout his …

Detest comes from the Middle French word détester, meaning "to curse, to call God to witness and abhor." Though the words detest and hate are interchangeable, the word hate is much …

My mother detested him. To dislike intensely; loathe.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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Definition of detest verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to hate somebody/something very much synonym loathe. detest somebody/something They detested …

DETESTATION definition: 1. the feeling of hating someone or something very much: 2. the feeling of hating someone or…. Learn more.

2025年2月2日 · detest (third-person singular simple present detests, present participle detesting, simple past and past participle detested) (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) …

Define detest. detest synonyms, detest pronunciation, detest translation, English dictionary definition of detest. tr.v. de·test·ed , de·test·ing , de·tests To dislike intensely; abhor. de·test′er …

detest I detest any kind of cruelty. loathe "Do you like cabbage?" "No, I loathe it." despise She despised him for the way he treated her. She detested traveling in hot weather. Extroverts do …