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Detest

Detest meaning

To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe. | To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Synonyms of Detest

Example sentences (20)

A lot of people have mentioned that they despise or detest Ann–which is a very strong reaction, but not a completely unexpected one.

For some reason it's fraudsters who seem to really detest their deceitful doings being reported on the most.

I already park blocks away from the stadium and walk there because I detest the lot so much.

There must genuinely be something here for everyone – even those who detest a sweet treat after a meal.

The residue around the toilet is what people dislike most about cleaning their loo (29 percent), while 25 percent detest the hair they have to remove.

Both mice and rats detest the smell of citrus oil as they contain limonene, which is found in lemons, oranges and grapefruits.

Gable then attacks the champion from behind and the other members of the group clearly detest their stablemate.

That thing where you can transport yourself anywhere in a blink of an eye, mostly because I detest the drudgery of modern travel.

They may have been equally put off by Sinn Féin’s friendly gesturing toward “the establishment” – which they detest – in anticipation of assuming power.

Very few names are genuinely off limits, but parents still have to cope with the excitement and drama of naming their child, considering the most popular baby names as well as whether or not the rest of the family would detest it.

Absolutely detest the two, oh so cute, computer nerds and the recurring social comforting, feel good moments.

By your posts, and your remarks, you detest the military until using it serves your purpose.

It’s also true some Ghanaians detest her owing to the manner by which she snatched Ghanaian rapper, Medikal from Sister Derby with impunity.

No politician will ever satisfy me fully, and I detest those in both parties who treat politics like a religion, but I prefer conservative governance to liberal governance.

So are those who detest him.

He chooses originality over convention, and that's the one thing many fans claim to desire but detest when it's executed.

I detest FPTP's simple plurality based system as much as anyone else and desperately want PR (not fussy as to whether MMP or STV).

It’s actually this incredible, strange moment where people on the far right and the far left agree that they don’t like, in fact, they detest the Common Core.

Or as Steve Duprey, a longtime fixture of the state G.O.P., put it, “Corey is the original lightning rod — some people love him, some people detest him.

The news media detest not knowing.