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Detestable
Detestable meaning
Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
Example sentences (11)
But it is unacceptable and detestable when they attempt to leave their posts to return home periodically to be lying in favour of a non-performing government.
Gone are the days when fans blindly idolized the glitz and glamor of both Old Hollywood and contemporary media, knowing that so many classics were produced on a bed of detestable morals and dirty laundry.
Miike's experience with horror stories comes in handy as the plot revolves around an un-killable former samurai who's sucked into a tale of revenge against a league of detestable assassins.
And there will be mass deportations, and probably, to support them, more, and more horrific, camps—because the need for deportations and ICE camps is the violent, detestable two-party political consensus.
Serial killers are detestable people - they murder people because they want to.
Politics in recent years has lost a sense of decorum and civility, with certain candidates saying detestable thoughts on women and minorities.
The antithesis of the HIAS philosophy is not only the act of barbarism by an individual void of empathy but also the reaction of our toxically partisan country to this detestable day in the life of America.
This contrasts with the days after the Feb. 14 shooting when Israel and his deputies were lauded for their work and he railed against the "detestable" killer who took down 17 people.
Catherine first met Peter III at the age of 10. Based on her writings, she found Peter detestable upon meeting him.
In addition West Saxon custom, described by Asser as "perverse and detestable", was that the wife of a king of Wessex could not be called queen or sit on the throne with her husband – she was just the king's wife.
The original petition has not been preserved but the Pope's reply refers to the "detestable custom..