"detest" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈtɛst/ Audio: en-us-detest.ogg Forms: detests [present, singular, third-person], detesting [participle, present], detested [participle, past], detested [past]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle French detester, from Latin detestari (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from de- + testari (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{uder|en|frm|detester}} Middle French detester, {{uder|en|la|detestari||to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely}} Latin detestari (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} detest (third-person singular simple present detests, present participle detesting, simple past and past participle detested)
  1. (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (to dislike intensely): мразя (mrazja) (Bulgarian), ненавиждам (nenaviždam) (Bulgarian), detestar (Catalan), 厭恨 (Chinese Mandarin), 厌恨 (yànhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 恨死 (hènsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ošklivit si (Czech), hnusit si (Czech), verafschuwen (Dutch), abomeni (Esperanto), malamegi (Esperanto), inhota (Finnish), détester (French), mépriser (French), verabscheuen (German), gyűlöl (Hungarian), inhota (Ingrian), an ghráin a bheith agat ar (Irish), detestare (Italian), 大嫌い (daikirai) (note: as an adjective) (alt: だいきらい) (Japanese), ひどく嫌う (hidoku kirau) (alt: ひどくきらう) (Japanese), odi (Latin), exsecror (Latin), execror (Latin), abōminor (Latin), avsky (Norwegian), nienawidzić (Polish), nie cierpieć (Polish), detestar (Portuguese), odiar (Portuguese), ненави́деть (nenavídetʹ) (Russian), laith (Scots), fuathaich (Scottish Gaelic), detestar (Spanish), avsky (Swedish), ชิงชัง (ching-chang) (Thai), รังเกียจ (rang-gìiat) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-detest-en-verb-pLJdZwNI Disambiguation of Emotions: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'to dislike intensely': 97 3
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: detestable, detestation, abhor, despise, disdain, dislike, hate, loathe

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Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "PIE word\n *tréyes",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*steh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "detester"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French detester",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "detestari",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness\", \"denounce\", \"hate intensely"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin detestari (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness\", \"denounce\", \"hate intensely”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *tréyes\nFrom Middle French detester, from Latin detestari (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness\", \"denounce\", \"hate intensely”), from de- + testari (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "detests",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detesting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detested",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detested",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "detest (third-person singular simple present detests, present participle detesting, simple past and past participle detested)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧test"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "detestable"
    },
    {
      "word": "detestation"
    },
    {
      "word": "abhor"
    },
    {
      "word": "despise"
    },
    {
      "word": "disdain"
    },
    {
      "word": "dislike"
    },
    {
      "word": "hate"
    },
    {
      "word": "loathe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I detest snakes."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book IX”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:",
          "text": "Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dislike",
          "dislike"
        ],
        [
          "intensely",
          "intensely"
        ],
        [
          "loathe",
          "loathe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):",
          "text": "The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:",
          "text": "God hath detested them with his own mouth.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To witness against; to denounce; to condemn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witness",
          "witness"
        ],
        [
          "denounce",
          "denounce"
        ],
        [
          "condemn",
          "condemn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈtɛst/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/En-us-detest.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛst"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mrazja",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "мразя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenaviždam",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "ненавиждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "detestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "厭恨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yànhèn",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "厌恨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hènsǐ",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "恨死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "ošklivit si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "hnusit si"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "verafschuwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "abomeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "malamegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "inhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "détester"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "mépriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "verabscheuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "gyűlöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "inhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "an ghráin a bheith agat ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "detestare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいきらい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "as an adjective",
      "roman": "daikirai",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "大嫌い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひどくきらう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hidoku kirau",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "ひどく嫌う"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "odi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "exsecror"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "execror"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "abōminor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "avsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "nienawidzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "nie cierpieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "detestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "odiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenavídetʹ",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "ненави́деть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "laith"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "fuathaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "detestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "avsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ching-chang",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "ชิงชัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rang-gìiat",
      "sense": "to dislike intensely",
      "word": "รังเกียจ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detest"
}

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