Associations to the word «Detest»

Wiktionary

DETEST, verb. (transitive) To dislike intensely; to loathe.
DETEST, verb. (obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Dictionary definition

DETEST, verb. Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne