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detestable

/dih-tes-tuh-buhl/US // dɪˈtɛs tə bəl //UK // (dɪˈtɛstəbəl) //

可恨的,可憎的,可恨,可恨的是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.loathsome, abominable
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Examples

  • That much of this division falls along racial lines is detestable to me.

  • Journey to the End of the Night does not offer readers much more than nihilism as a response to a detestable world.

  • The rotten economy remains detestable but the stimulus program is working fine for their key constituencies.

  • It was monstrous that this English damask rose should fall a prey to so detestable a person as the Comte de Lussigny.

  • Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him.

  • Thy foreseeing wisdom takes care to send infatuation upon these detestable men who are so dangerous to us.

  • He had been known to make away with the materials of Lolly's detestable occupation when he got the chance.

  • He will blush, then, if he thinks he has rendered himself hateful and detestable in their eyes.