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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detestable \De*test"a*ble\, a. [L. detestabilis: cf F.
d['e]testable.]
Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very
odious; deserving abhorrence; as detestable vices.
Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable
things and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11.
Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
detestable
adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant
customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive
character in recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {obscene},
{repugnant}, {repulsive}]
2: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
"consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
[syn: {abominable}, {execrable}, {odious}]
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