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detest

verb
/dɪˈtɛst/

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.

  1. derived from dētestor — “to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness”
  2. derived from detester

Definitions

  1. To dislike (someone or something) intensely

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

    • I detest snakes.
    • Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
    • Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.

  2. To witness against

    To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

    • The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.
    • God hath detested them with his own mouth.

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Derived

detestability, undetesting

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA