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Definition of Detestable
1. Adjective. Offensive to the mind. "The most repulsive character in recent novels"
Similar to: Offensive
Derivative terms: Abhor, Abhorrence, Obscenity, Obscenity, Repugnance, Repel, Repel, Repulsiveness
2. Adjective. Unequivocally detestable. "Consequences odious to those you govern"
Similar to: Hateful
Derivative terms: Abominate, Odiousness, Odium
Definition of Detestable
1. a. Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
Definition of Detestable
1. Adjective. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detestable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detestable
Literary usage of Detestable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"The ABOMINABLE thing excites aversion ; the detestable thing, hatred and revulsion ;
the EXECRABLE thing, indignation and horror. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Then again, about 1585, Frey Joäo de S. Thome, a Dominican, appears to have been
which is for him so far from being a detestable vice that parents are the ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"[So at present figures the mail who owes his greatness to his country's ruin.]
" Among other detestable pretexts fabricated by the infamous rebels to ..."
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