detested
4.4
Strongly disliked or hated
- adjective
- /dɪˈtɛstɪd/
:
detestado
- We were faced with the with the fact that the school was going to be either grouped with another village, detested rival or be shut down.
Examples
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Many students detested the homework assigned over the holiday break.
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She detested the taste of olives and refused to eat them.
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He detested the idea of failing his final exams.
Synonyms
loathsome
vsdetested
20
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
describes being regarded with intense dislike rather than focusing on causing disgust
15
7.4
Very bad and makes people feel angry or disgusted
refers to being regarded with intense dislike rather than to a claim it deserves contempt
detestable
vsdetested
9
6.5
Very unpleasant and causing people to feel strong dislike or hate
refers to being regarded with intense dislike rather than describing inherent offensiveness
hated
vsdetested
1
2.0
Very strongly disliked or avoided by many people
is a slightly more formal label for the same extreme dislike
despised
vsdetested
1
4.5
Someone people strongly dislike and look down on
implies a more intense feeling, showing extreme dislike not just contempt
scorned
vsdetested
1
5.8
Feeling hated and rejected by others
refers to being regarded with intense dislike rather than focusing on rejection or shaming
disliked
vsdetested
1.0
Not popular with many people
means a much stronger feeling, extreme hatred rather than mild aversion
Antonyms
How Disliked
Surface Forms
detested positive
Morphology
Etymology
Detested comes from Latin parts de- 'down/away' and testari 'to call as witness', and it even shares the same root as testify, because people once used that idea like calling someone cursed. So, detested now means 'hated strongly'.