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- DictionaryDe·test/dəˈtest/
verb
- 1. dislike intensely: "of all birds the carrion crow is the most detested by gamekeepers"
to hate someone or something very much: I detest any kind of cruelty. [ + -ing verb ] I detest hav ing to get up when it's dark outside. her detested older brother. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hate someone or something. hate I hate camping. detest I detest any kind of cruelty. loathe "Do you like cabbage?" "No, I loathe it."
If you detest something, you dislike it intensely. The word can apply to things and also to people. You might detest your ex-boyfriend and you might also detest rainy Mondays and broccoli. Detest comes from the Middle French word détester, meaning "to curse, to call God to witness and abhor."
4 days ago · If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much. My mother detested him. [VERB noun] Jean detested being photographed. [VERB verb-ing] Synonyms: hate, loathe, despise, abhor More Synonyms of detest.
Definition of detest verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To dislike intensely; abhor. [French détester, from Latin dētestārī, to curse : dē-, de- + testārī, to invoke (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots ).] de·test′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
DETEST meaning: to hate someone or something very much: . Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧test /dɪˈtest/ verb [ transitive] to hate something or someone very much The two men detested each other. see thesaurus at hate —detestation /ˌdiːteˈsteɪʃən/ noun [ uncountable] GRAMMAR: Using the progressive Detest is not used in the progressive.
