detestation

See also: détestation

English

Etymology

From Middle French détestation.

Noun

detestation (countable and uncountable, plural detestations)

1. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in 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. …”

2. Something detested.

   Neckties are a real detestation for them.

Translations

hate coupled with disgust

• Bengali: ঘেন্না (bn) (ghenna)
• Bulgarian: отвращение (bg) n (otvraštenie), омраза (bg) f (omraza)
• Finnish: kammo (fi)
• French: détestation (fr) f
• Scottish Gaelic: sgreamh m
• Ukrainian: огида (uk) (ohyda)

something detested

• Finnish: kammotus