detest

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de‧test/dɪˈtest/ verb [TRANSITIVE NOT IN PROGRESSIVE]
[date : 1400-1500; Language : Latin; Origin : detestari, from testis 'one who gives information against someone']
to hate something or someone very much:
　 ▪ The two men detested each other.

—detestation /ˌdiːteˈsteɪʃən/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
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THESAURUS
▪hate verb [TRANSITIVE NOT IN PROGRESSIVE]to dislike someone or something very much :
　 ▪ Billy hated his stepfather.
　 ▪ He hated the fact that his wife was more successful than he was.
　 ▪ She hates people being late.
▪can’t stand/can’t bear to hate someone or something. Can’t stand is less formal than hate, and is very common in everyday English :
　 ▪ She’s OK, but I can’t stand her husband.
　 ▪ He couldn’t bear the thought of life without Nicole.
　 ▪ She can’t stand being on her own.
▪loathe /ləʊð $ loʊð//detest verb [TRANSITIVE NOT IN PROGRESSIVE]to hate something or someone very much. Loathe and detest are a little more formal than hate :
　 ▪ He loathed housework.
　 ▪ Greg had detested his brother for as long as he could remember.
　 ▪ She evidently loathes her ex-husband.
▪despise verb [TRANSITIVE NOT IN PROGRESSIVE]to hate someone or something very much and have no respect for them :
　 ▪ He despised the man and could never forgive him for what he had done.
　 ▪ They despised the wealth and consumerism of the West.
▪abhor /əbˈhɔː $ əbˈhɔːr, æb-/ verb [TRANSITIVE NOT IN PROGRESSIVE] formal to hate something because you think it is morally wrong :
　 ▪ He abhorred violence.
　 ▪ We abhor racism in any form.

verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ According to Hollywood gossip, both the leading actors were detested by the rest of the cast.
▪ He was exactly the kind of arrogant, self-satisfied man I detest.
▪ I detest any form of cruelty toward animals.
▪ I detested spending two hours every day travelling to work and back.
▪ Stalin detested the monument and had it demolished.
▪ The other girls detested her.
▪ When he was at school he detested football.
▪ You don't understand. It's not just that I don't like cabbage -- I absolutely detest it!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All men come to detest them.
▪ He detested starting the day with an argument.
▪ I sat by the window with the books he detested.
▪ It was a pity I detested both sea-food and olive oil.
▪ Maeve hated needlework, detested it.
▪ She saw Zeus sitting on Mount Ida watching the Trojans conquer, and she thought how she detested him.
▪ The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.