detestverb [ T not continuous ]
uk/dɪˈtest/us/dɪˈtest/to hate someone or something very much:
I detest any kind of cruelty.
[ + -ing verb ] I detest having to get up when it's dark outside.
her detested older brother
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- hate
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- have it in for sb idiom
- leave
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- put sb off (sth/sb)
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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detestation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdiː.tesˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdiː.tesˈteɪ.ʃən/