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detestable
adjective
unequivocally detestable
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- D
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- ETESTABL
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
dɪˈtɛstəbl̩
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
unequivocally detestable
“abominable treatment of prisoners”
adjective
offensive to the mind
“an abhorrent deed”
In context
Example Sentences
abominable treatment of prisoners
detestable vices
execrable crimes
{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'consequences odious to those you govern'}
an abhorrent deed
the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
morally repugnant customs
repulsive behavior
the most repulsive character in recent novels
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