DETESTABLE


Meaning of DETESTABLE in English

-stəbəl, archaically with stress on first syllable adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin detestabilis, from detestari + -abilis -able

: worthy of being detested : very odious : deserving abhorrence : abominable

detestable vices

• de·test·able·ness noun -es

• de·test·ably -blē, -li adverb

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