DETEST


Meaning of DETEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈtest, dē- ]

transitive verb

Etymology: Middle French detester or Latin detestari; Middle French detester, from Latin detestari, literally, to curse while calling a deity to witness, from de- + testari to call to witness — more at testament

Date: circa 1535

1. : to feel intense and often violent antipathy toward : loathe

2. obsolete : curse , denounce

Synonyms: see hate

• de·test·er noun

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