"detestable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detestable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more detestable [comparative], most detestable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French détestable. By surface analysis, detest + -able. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|détestable}} Middle French détestable, {{surf|en|detest|-able}} By surface analysis, detest + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)
  1. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking. Derived forms: detestableness Translations (stimulating disgust or detestation): противен (protiven) (Bulgarian), омразен (omrazen) (Bulgarian), detestable (Catalan), inhottava (Finnish), vastenmielinen (Finnish), kauhistuttava (Finnish), αξιομίσητος (axiomísitos) (Greek), gráiniúil (Irish), dētestābilis (Latin), dīrus (Latin), гна́сен (gnásen) (Macedonian), га́ден (gáden) (Macedonian), о́двратен (ódvraten) (Macedonian), о́мразен (ómrazen) (Macedonian), мерзкий (merzkij) (Russian), омерзительный (omerzitelʹnyj) (Russian), гнусный (gnusnyj) (Russian), отвратительный (otvratitelʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-detestable-en-adj-fxLf5DIs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Related terms: detest, detestability, detestable crime, detestable thing, detestable practices, detestable act, detestable character, detestable nature, detestable person, detestable conduct, detestable villain, detestable behavior, hateful, abominable, loathsome, horrid

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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "dētestābilis"
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "roman": "gnásen",
      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "гна́сен"
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "га́ден"
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
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