Definitions for: Detestable

[adj] unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
[adj] offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

Webster (1913) Definition: De*test"a*ble, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F.
d['e]testable.]
Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very
odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.

Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable
things, and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11.

Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.

Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, execrable, hateful, obscene, odious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive

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