Dictionary

detestation en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle French détestation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
   • “… 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. …” 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
2. (countable, uncountable) Something detested.
   • Neckties are a real detestation for them.

Forms

Translations (8)

uk огида (hate coupled with disgust) · bg отвращение (hate coupled with disgust) · gd sgreamh (hate coupled with disgust) · fi kammotus (something detested) · fr détestation (hate coupled with disgust) · bg омраза (hate coupled with disgust) · bn ঘেন্না (hate coupled with disgust) · fi kammo (hate coupled with disgust)