Meanings
plural detestations
- countableuncountableHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad - countableuncountableSomething detested.
Neckties are a real detestation for them.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounhate coupled with disgust
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchdétestation
- Englishdetestation
From Middle French détestation.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali ঘেন্না
- ঘেন্না (ghenna)hate coupled with disgust
Bulgarian отвращение, омраза
- отвращение (otvraštenie)hate coupled with disgust
- омраза (omraza)hate coupled with disgust
Finnish kammo, kammotus
- kammohate coupled with disgust
- kammotussomething detested
French détestation
- détestationhate coupled with disgust
Scottish Gaelic sgreamh
- sgreamhhate coupled with disgust
Ukrainian огида
- огида (ohyda)hate coupled with disgust
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