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Detestable synonyms

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abominable
Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
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  1. Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
  2. Nasty and disgusting; vile; loathsome
  3. Highly unpleasant; disagreeable; very bad
hateful
Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
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  1. Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
  2. (Archaic) Feeling or showing hate; malicious; malevolent
  3. (Informal) Very unpleasant or unappealing:
offensive
(Sports) Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck:
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  1. (Sports) Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck:
  2. Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment:
  3. Disagreeable to the senses:
execrable
Very inferior; of poorest quality
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  1. Very inferior; of poorest quality
  2. Deserving of execration; hateful.
  3. Extremely inferior; very bad:
abhorrent
Opposed or contrary (to)
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  1. Opposed or contrary (to)
  2. Feeling repugnance or loathing.
  3. Causing disgust, hatred, etc.; detestable
abhorrent
Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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  1. Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. Feeling repugnance or loathing.
  3. Causing disgust, hatred, etc.; detestable
antipathetic
Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
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  1. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
  2. Opposed or antagonistic in character, tendency, etc.
  3. Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant:
contemptible
(Obsolete) Contemptuous.
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  1. (Obsolete) Contemptuous.
  2. Deserving of contempt or scorn; worthless; despicable
despicable
Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
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  1. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
  2. Deserving to be despised; contemptible
disgusting
Arousing disgust; repugnant.
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  1. Arousing disgust; repugnant.
  2. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
filthy
Vile; nasty:
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  1. Vile; nasty:
  2. Full of filth; disgustingly foul
  3. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
foul
(Printing) Containing errors or marked with changes
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  1. (Printing) Containing errors or marked with changes
  2. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable:
  3. Containing dirt, impurities, or other foreign matter;
infamous
Guilty of such a crime
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  1. Guilty of such a crime
  2. Causing or deserving a bad reputation; scandalous; outrageous
  3. (Law) Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries a severe punishment. No longer in technical use.
loathsome
Causing loathing; disgusting; abhorrent; detestable
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  1. Causing loathing; disgusting; abhorrent; detestable
lousy
(Slang) Well supplied or oversupplied (with)
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  1. (Slang) Well supplied or oversupplied (with)
  2. Extremely contemptible; nasty:
  3. Sick or unwell:
low
Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
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  1. Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
  2. Below an average or a standard:
  3. Mean; despicable; contemptible
mean
Low in value, rank, or social status:
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  1. Low in value, rank, or social status:
  2. (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
  3. Ignoble; base:
nasty
Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
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  1. Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
  2. Disgusting or repellent:
  3. Mean; malicious; ill-humored
nefarious
Very wicked; villainous; iniquitous
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  1. Very wicked; villainous; iniquitous
  2. Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
obnoxious
(Archaic) Deserving of or liable to censure.
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  1. (Archaic) Deserving of or liable to censure.
  2. Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious:
  3. (Archaic) Exposed or subject to harm, injury, or evil:
odious
Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike.
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  1. Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike.
  2. Extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
  3. Disgusting, disgraceful, hateful, vile, loathsome, scandalous. See also odium. Disgusting, disgraceful, hateful, vile, loathsome, scandalous. See also odium.
repugnant
Offering resistance; opposed; antagonistic
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  1. Offering resistance; opposed; antagonistic
  2. Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive:
  3. Contradictory; inconsistent
rotten
(Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, nasty, etc.
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  1. (Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, nasty, etc.
  2. Morally corrupt or despicable:
  3. Soft or easily broken as because of decomposition; friable
shabby
Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy:
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  1. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy:
  2. Showing much wear; ragged; threadbare
  3. Despicable; mean:
vile
Cheap; worthless
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  1. Cheap; worthless
  2. Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
  3. Degrading; low; mean
wretched
Deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
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  1. Deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
  2. Poor in quality; very inferior
  3. Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
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  • " We are not born, but reborn, Christians," and that which when done for idols was detestable is acceptable when done for the martyrs.

  • Of the detestable Tiptoft he writes that there flowered in.

  • One Scotsman, bent on vindicating the fame of Scots learning, defied him to the combat in a detestable Latin hexameter: - "Maxime, si to vis, cupio contendere tecum."

  • Williams private character was detestable: he was cruel, lascivious, greedy of gain, a habitual breaker of oaths and promises, ungrateful and irreligious.

  • he was a detestable intriguer, and had given his brother just offence by a series of deeds of high-handed violence and by perpetual cavilling.

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