detestable
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See also: détestable
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French détestable; surface analysis detest + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)
- Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
Usage notes[edit]
- Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.
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Translations[edit]
stimulating disgust or detestation
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dētestābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
detestable (masculine and feminine plural detestables)
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Further reading[edit]
- “detestable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “detestable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “detestable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “detestable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dētestābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
detestable (plural detestables)
- detestable
- 2015 July 18, “Cómo escribir un artículo”, in El País[1]:
- Los más detestables son los del PP y los "cosmopolitas"; pero paradójicamente esos fachas rinden servicio a la causa, pues "són una fàbrica d'independentistes".
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Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “detestable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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