detestable

detestable
adj.
detestable.
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detestable
► adjetivo
1 detestable, hateful, repulsive
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ADJ [persona] hateful; [costumbre] detestable; [sabor, tiempo] foul
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adjetivo <persona/carácter> hateful, detestable; <proceder> abominable
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= odious, obnoxious, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.
Ex. Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
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adjetivo <persona/carácter> hateful, detestable; <proceder> abominable
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= odious, obnoxious, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.

Ex: Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.

Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

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detestable
adjective
‹persona/carácter› hateful, detestable, odious (frml); ‹proceder› abominable, atrocious
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detestable adjetivo detestable
'detestable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aborrecible
English:
damnable
- obnoxious
- odious
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detestable adj
[persona, actitud] hateful, detestable; [comportamiento, trato] despicable; [comida] revolting; [alojamiento, calidad] terrible, appalling
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detestable
adj terrible

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  • détestable — [ detɛstabl ] adj. • 1308; lat. detestabilis 1 ♦ Vx Qu on doit détester, haïr. ⇒ abominable, exécrable, haïssable, odieux. « On verra de David l héritier détestable Abolir tes honneurs, profaner ton autel » (Racine). 2 ♦ (1663) Très désagréable… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • détestable — DÉTESTABLE. adj. des 2 g. Exécrable, qui doit être détesté. Il se dit Des personnes et des choses. Un crime détestable. Le plus détestable de tous les crimes. La seule pensée en est détestable. Il a des maximes, des opinions détestables. C est un …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • detestable — Detestable. adj. v. Execrable, qui doit estre detesté. Un crime detestable. le plus detestable de tous les crimes. la seule pensée en est detestable. il a des maximes detestables. il tient des opinions detestables. c est un homme detestable.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • detestable — adjetivo 1. Que merece ser aborrecido o detestado, o que produce una pésima impresión: Tiene un gusto detestable para la ropa. Ahí la comida es detestable. Inés tiene un carácter detestable. Tu actitud me parece detestable …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Detestable — De*test a*ble, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d[ e]testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. [1913 Webster] Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • detestable — early 15c., from M.Fr. détestable (14c.), from L. detestabilis execrable, abominable, from detestari (see DETEST (Cf. detest)). Related: Detestably …   Etymology dictionary

  • detestable — index contemptible, contemptuous, disgraceful, disreputable, heinous, loathsome, nefarious, objectionable …   Law dictionary

  • detestable — odious, *hateful, abominable, abhorrent Analogous words: *contemptible, despicable, sorry, scurvy: atrocious, *outrageous, monstrous, heinous: *execrable, damnable, accursed …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • detestable — [adj] loathsome, abominable abhorred, abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, godawful*, grody*, gross*, hateable, hateful, heinous, horrid, lousy, low down, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive,… …   New thesaurus

  • detestable — et abominable, Detestabilis …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • detestable — (Del lat. detestabĭlis). adj. Abominable, execrable, aborrecible, pésimo …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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