'Detestable' definitions:
Definition of 'detestable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]
adjective
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]
Definition of 'Detestable'
From: GCIDE
- Detestable \De*test"a*ble\, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d['e]testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11.
- Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detestable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- base,
- beastly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- contemptible,
- crude,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- despiteful,
- dire,
- disgusting,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- grievous,
- gross,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- ignoble,
- infamous,
- lamentable,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- malodorous,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- monstrous,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- rank,
- rebarbative,
- regrettable,
- repellent,
- reprehensible,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- sad,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sickening,
- sordid,
- sorry,
- squalid,
- stinking,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- unclean,
- unlikable,
- vile,
- villainous,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched