detestable

See also: détestable

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French détestable.

Adjective

detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)

1. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

Derived terms

• detestableness

Related terms

• detest
• detestability

 

Translations

stimulating disgust or detestation

• Latin: dētestābilis
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• hateful
• abominable
• loathsome
• horrid

Anagrams

• seatbelted

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dētestābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /detesˈtable/ [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪a.β̞le]

Adjective

detestable m or f (masculine and feminine plural detestables)

1. detestable