detestation
See also: détestation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French détestation.
Noun edit
detestation (countable and uncountable, plural detestations)
- Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
- Something detested.
- Neckties are a real detestation for them.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”
Translations edit
hate coupled with disgust
something detested
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