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Definition of Detestableness
1. n. The quality or state of being detestable.
Definition of Detestableness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being detestable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detestableness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detestableness
Literary usage of Detestableness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A dictionary of the Greek and English languages: with a table of proper by Iōannēs Pervanoglou, Johannes Pervanoglu (1894)
"... abomination detestableness, infamy. adv. abominably, detestably, odiously.
pvaa-c-ca), to defile; ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... climax of that general detestableness. Such is the elation attendant on what
a self-elected .lady correspondent of ..."
3. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"... who growls in my ear that " The Mill on the Floss " is detestable, and that
the last volume will be the climax of that general detestableness. ..."
4. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"... the fascinations of Tito, the detestableness of Grandcourt, &c., have a
spontaneous and vibrating ring which is of the essence of George Eliot's mind; ..."
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