What is the meaning of detestable?

adjective

  • Offensive to the mind.
    • usage: "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
  • Unequivocally detestable."abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern- Edmund Burke
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