detestation
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Noun[edit]
detestation (plural detestations)
- Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
- Something detested.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
Translations[edit]
hate coupled with disgust