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Detestable meaning

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

Synonyms of Detestable

abhorrent obscene repugnant repulsive offensive abominable execrable odious hateful

Related words

Other words often associated with Detestable or its synonyms:

awful unspeakable damnable nasty loathsome ugly dreadful wretched undesirable salacious attacking raiding

Using Detestable

  • The main meaning on this page is: Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
  • Useful related words include: abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive.
  • In the example corpus, detestable often appears in combinations such as: and detestable, of detestable, the detestable.

Context around Detestable

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

violent 1× saying 1× peter 1×

Often after:

morals 1× assassins 1× two 1× people 1× thoughts 1× killer 1× upon 1× custom 1×

Sentence patterns with Detestable

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

against the detestable killer who 1× bed of detestable morals and 1× candidates saying detestable thoughts on 1× found peter detestable upon meeting 1× killers are detestable people they 1× league of detestable assassins 1× perverse and detestable was that 1× the violent detestable two party 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

catherine first met 1× gone are the 1× in addition west 1× miike s experience 1× politics in recent 1× serial killers are 1×

Common sentence endings:

and dirty laundry 1× down 17 people 1× king s wife 1× non performing government 1× of detestable assassins 1× party political consensus 1×

Words around Detestable

Just before it in the word index:

detest 32 deters 29 deterring 82 deterrents 33 deterrent 384 deterrence 206

Just after it in the word index:

detestation 2 detested 32 detesting 2 detests 20 dether 4 detherage 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Detestable

  • In this selection, "detestable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, violent, saying, peter, morals, assassins and two stand out and add context to how "detestable" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against the detestable killer who and bed of detestable morals and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "detestable" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with detestable

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Serial killers are detestable people - they murder people because they want to. (12 words)

The original petition has not been preserved but the Pope's reply refers to the "detestable custom.. (17 words)

Catherine first met Peter III at the age of 10. Based on her writings, she found Peter detestable upon meeting him. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

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. (41 words)

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. (35 words)

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. (33 words)

Example sentences (10)

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.

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..

Common combinations with detestable

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "detestable" in a sentence?
An example: "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." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "detestable" from authentic English texts.
What does "detestable" mean?
Detestable means: Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
What are synonyms of "detestable"?
Common synonyms of "detestable" include: abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, offensive, abominable, execrable, odious. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "detestable" are there?
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