Detestable Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-tĕstə-bəl
Inspiring or deserving abhorrence or scorn.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hateful

Words Related to Detestable

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Detestable Sentence Examples

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

  • It's a totally compelling story, with a bunch of likeable characters and a truly detestable villain.

  • She had little beauty, no education or understanding, and few charms that his friends could discover, besides which she had a detestable mother, who was the bane of Rousseau's life.

  • Arundel was determined to extirpate the Lollards, and used his influence on the king to induce him to frame and pass through parliament the detestable statute De SMEuEeD.

  • As lieutenant of the Marches he was employed in settling disputes on the border, but used his power to instigate thieving and disorders, and is described by Cecil's correspondents as "as naughty a man as liveth and much given to the most detestable vices," "as false as a devil," "one that the godly of this whole nation hath a cause to curse for ever."

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