detest
/dɪˈtɛst/ verb C1- To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe. · I detest snakes.
He/she/it detests · Past detested · Past participle detested · -ing form detesting
Verb forms
- Base form
- detest
- He/she/it
- detests
- Past
- detested
- Past participle
- detested
- -ing form
- detesting
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He detested the way they had of sidling past him timidly, with sidewise glances, as if they expected him to gobble them up at a mouthful if they ventured to say a word.
I’m glad, for of all faults I detest stinginess in a child.
You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner.
I quite detest the man.”
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