detest

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.

   I detest snakes.

2. 2
   verb

   To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

   The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.

3. 3
   verb

   dislike intensely

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.