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v. To dislike intensely; abhor.

v. To dislike intensely; to loathe.

v. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

v. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

v. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe.

To hold worthy of malediction; execrate; hate; dislike intensely: as, to detest crimes or meanness.

Synonyms Abhor, Detest, etc. (see hate); to execrate, View with horror.

v. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

"You know I am only six miles away -- little more than half an hour's drive, and though I hate Bartram, and detest Silas -- Yes, I _detest"

detestableness    detested    detesting    detests   

dislike   

hate    disdain    abhor    dislike    loathe    despise   

detestation    detestable   

scorn    abominate    execrate    disdain    abhor    despise    loathe    contemn   

abominate    hate    execrate    abhor    loathe   

Best    Blessed    Brest    Celeste    Este    Midwest    Pest    Test    West    abreast