Definitions for detest

detest de·test

Spelling: [dih-test]
IPA: /dɪˈtɛst/

Detest is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in detest (deestt).

Definitions for detest

verb (used with object)

  1. to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.

Origin of detest

1525-35; Middle French detester Latin dētestārī to call down a curse upon, loathe, equivalent to dē- de- + testārī to bear witness; see testate<

Examples for detest

They detest the Republican Party almost as much as the Democratic Party.

Never had it seemed to her possible she could detest him as she did now.

I do not hate the Palestinians, but I detest most of their leaders and their political culture.

I detest the reflection that I would have sacrificed your happiness to mine.

If there's one sort of man I detest more than another, it's a man who is sorry for himself.

It stands, in short, for everything a leftist should detest.

In a Fox News survey, and that network knows its Republicans, they dislike her as thoroughly as they detest Obama.

The Tea Party Republicans who detest, or more accurately hate, this president will be maddened by his reelection.

I adore having people come to see me, and I detest going to see them.

That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise.

Word Value for detest
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7

Words with friends

7

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