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detestable

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/
Freq #40247

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Deserving to be hated; extremely unpleasant or offensive.

    His treatment of the animals was utterly detestable.

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Synonyms
1 adj · deserving to be hated;... repulsiveexecrable
Word family
Forms detestably

Etymology

From Middle French détestable. By surface analysis, detest + -able.

détestable Middle French
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