detestable
Meaning of detestable
- deserving intense dislike.
I found the film's violence detestable
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin detestabilis, from the verb detestari (see detest).
Information about detestable
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which detestable is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of detestable
de-testable
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- detestable is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
detestable synonyms
Meaning abhorrent:
abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
Meaning abominable:
Meaning dislike intensely:
Meaning very unpleasant:
Meaning feel intense dislike for:
Meaning causing hatred or disgust; repulsive:
Meaning feel intense dislike or disgust for:
Meaning deserving hatred and contempt:
Meaning feel contempt or a deep repugnance for:
Meaning detest; loathe:
Meaning feel or express great loathing for:
Meaning able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance:
Meaning causing intense disgust; disgusting:
Meaning arousing revulsion or strong indignation:
Meaning causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant:
Meaning causing or likely to cause horror; shocking:
Meaning causing horror:
Meaning causing horror; extremely shocking:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked:
Meaning deserving censure or condemnation:
Meaning extremely unpleasant:
Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:
Meaning (of a sight or smell) disgusting; repulsive:
Meaning deserving contempt; despicable:
detestable antonyms
Meaning inspiring or deserving love or affection:
Meaning arousing or deserving respect and approval:
Translation of detestable
- Italian: odioso, detestabile
- Spanish: odioso, detestable, odiosa
- German: abscheulich, verabscheuenswert, verabscheuenswürdig
Words that rhyme with detestable
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