detest
verb
[ dɪˈtɛst ]
• dislike intensely.
• "she really did detest his mockery"
Similar:
abhor,
hate,
loathe,
despise,
abominate,
execrate,
regard with disgust,
feel disgust for,
feel repugnance towards,
feel distaste for,
shrink from,
recoil from,
shudder at,
be unable to bear,
be unable to abide,
feel hostility to,
feel aversion to,
feel animosity to,
find intolerable,
dislike,
disdain,
have an aversion to,
disrelish,
Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’).
