detest : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detest	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for detest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detest v dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" Synonym(s): hate, detest Antonym(s): love
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detest \Detest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. d[82]tester. See {Testify}.] 1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.] The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. --Fuller. God hath detested them with his own mouth. --Bale. 2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest* what is contemptible or evil. Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. --Pope. Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See {Hate}.