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detestation

noun

Etymology

From Middle French détestation.

  1. derived from détestation

Definitions

  1. Hate coupled with disgust

    Hate 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. …”

  2. Something detested.

    • Neckties are a real detestation for them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at detestation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01detestation02hate03abusive04scurrilous05foul-mouthed06foul07detestable08disgust09loathing

A definitional loop anchored at detestation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at detestation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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