Modifies a noun

• crime: He accused, by name, one of the local Turkish authorities of the detestable crime constantly mentioned in these depositions of the refugees.

• thing: Everyone who does any of these detestable things - such persons must be cut off from their people.

• putrescence: He also crumbled into a nearly liquid mass of detestable putrescence.

• sin: You are loved, even with your foul and detestable sins.

• wickedness: But I dare not and would not believe that such a prince was guilty of this detestable wickedness against his brother.

Modifying Another Word

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

Preposition: in

• eye: That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD.