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Meaning of detestable


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  detestable
      adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
             massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
             "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
             recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable},
             {obscene}, {repugnant}, {repulsive}]
      2: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
         prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
         "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn:
         {abominable}, {detestable}, {execrable}, {odious}]


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