Detestation
[,diːte'steɪʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(n.) The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.
Typist: Willard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Hatred, abhorrence, abomination, detestation.[2]. Loathing, disgust, antipathy.
Checker: Sophia
Examples
- But as he sat gloating over me, I was supported by a scornful detestation of him that sealed my lips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Truthfulness: they will never intentionally receive into their mind falsehood, which is their detestation, and they will love the truth. Plato. The Republic.
- I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In the austere system, on the contrary, those excesses are regarded with the utmost abhorrence and detestation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I think I should go out of my mind, Sophronia, with vexation and shyness and detestation, if anybody did. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What is this about husbands and detestations? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checked by Evan