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To detest is defined as to really dislike or hate someone or something.

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When you really, really don't like someone, this is an example of detest.

See detest in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to dislike intensely; hate; abhor

Origin: Fr détester < L detestari, to curse by calling the gods to witness, execrate, detest < de-, down + testari, to witness < testis, a witness: see testify

Related Forms:

detester noun

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transitive verb de·test·ed, de·test·ing, de·tests

To dislike intensely; abhor.

Origin:

Origin: French détester

Origin: , from Latin dētestārī, to curse

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + testārī, to invoke (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

de·testˈer noun

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