Definitions for detest
dɪˈtɛstde·test

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hate, detestverb

   dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

   "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. detestverb

   To dislike intensely; to loathe.

2. detestverb

   To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

3. Etymology: From detester, from detestari, from de- + testari, from testis; see test, testify.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DETESTverb

   To hate; to abhor; to abominate.

   Etymology: detester, Latin.

   Nigh thereto the ever-damned beast
   Durst not approach; for he was deadly made,
   And all that life preserved did detest. Fairy Queen, b. i. c. 12.

   Glory grows guilty of detested crimes,
   When for fame’s sake, for praise, an outward part,
   We bend to that the working of the heart. William Shakespeare.

   Since Cleopatra died,
   I’ve liv’d in such dishonour, that the gods
   Detest my baseness. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   There is that naturally in the heart of man which abhors sin as sin, and consequently would make him detest it both in himself and others too. Robert South, Sermons.

   Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
   My heart detests him as the gates of hell. Alexander Pope.

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1. detest

   Detest means to have a deep, intense dislike or hatred for someone or something. It often reflects a strong rejection or repulsion towards the object of detestation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Detestverb

   to witness against; to denounce; to condemn

2. Detestverb

   to hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Detest

   de-test′, v.t. to hate intensely.—adj. Detest′able, worthy of being detested: extremely hateful: abominable.—n. Detest′ableness.—adv. Detest′ably.—n. Detestā′tion, extreme hatred. [Fr.,—L. detestāri—de, inten., and testāri, to call to witness, execrate—testis, a witness.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of detest in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of detest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of detest in a Sentence

1. Noam Chomsky:

   Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.

2. H.L. Mencken:

   I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

3. Edgar Watson Howe:

   Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

4. Stephen Leacock:

   I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

5. Perry Brass:

   Learn to detest things that do not allow you to be yourself, and embrace things that make that self larger, more thrilling, and voluptuous.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=detest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Detest
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=detest
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detest
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=detest