DETEST Meaning of DETEST in English v. 25B6; verb ABHOR, hate, loathe, despise, shrink from, be unable to bear, find intolerable, dislike, disdain, have an aversion to; formal abominate. love. Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012