detestable
adjective/dɪˈtestəbl/
/dɪˈtestəbl/
- that deserves to be hated
- All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims.
- ‘You’re detestable!’ she said, shaking.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin detestabilis, from the verb detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’.
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