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Definition of Detestation
1. Noun. Hate coupled with disgust.
Generic synonyms: Disgust, Hate, Hatred
Derivative terms: Abhor, Abhorrent, Abominate, Detest, Execrate, Loathe, Odious
Definition of Detestation
1. n. The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.
Definition of Detestation
1. Noun. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence. ¹
2. Noun. Something detested. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detestation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Detestation
1. The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. "We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war." (Burke) Origin: L. Detestatio: cf. F. Detestation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detestation
Literary usage of Detestation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"It is easy therefore to understand the detestation felt for ... In the same year
the familiars alleged that the detestation in which they were held led them ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(8) Their attach ment to the law of Moses was equal to their detestation of
foreign religions. The current of zeal and devotion, as it was contracted into a ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"The nations thus habituated to the most savage cruelty, moreover, regarded the
propagation of heresy with peculiar detestation, as not merely a sin, ..."
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