Synonyms for detest
Definitions
- v. 1
To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
Related words
- Word family
- detestable detestation
Forms
- Past participle
- detested
e.g. detested → hated, loathed, abhorred, despised…
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Abbey xxvi, 297. [M.] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hate All the members of the committee hate one another.
- despise Tonight you're gonna see why I despise that woman.
- loathe I loathe Tom even more for what he has done to Mary.
- abhor People with physical disabilities abhor being pitied.
By length
- 4 letters
- hate1
- 5 letters
- spite1, abhor2
- 6 letters
- loathe1
- 7 letters
- despise2
- 8 letters
- nauseate3, execrate
- 9 letters
- abominate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abhor2 = 2 syllables).