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2 definitions found 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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