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English Dictionary: detestable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for detestable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detestable adj offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" Synonym(s): abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke Synonym(s): abominable, detestable, execrable, odious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detestable \Detest"able\, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d[82]testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11. Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.