verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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According to Hollywood gossip, both the leading actors were detested by the rest of the cast.
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He was exactly the kind of arrogant, self-satisfied man I detest .
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I detest any form of cruelty toward animals.
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I detested spending two hours every day travelling to work and back.
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Stalin detested the monument and had it demolished.
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The other girls detested her.
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When he was at school he detested football.
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You don't understand. It's not just that I don't like cabbage -- I absolutely detest it!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All men come to detest them.
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He detested starting the day with an argument.
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I sat by the window with the books he detested.
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It was a pity I detested both sea-food and olive oil.
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Maeve hated needlework, detested it.
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She saw Zeus sitting on Mount Ida watching the Trojans conquer, and she thought how she detested him.
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The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.