detestationn.
/diːtɛˈsteɪʃən/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > public expression of condemnation
detestation?a1475
execration1688
consecration1700
ban1790
commination1813
denouncement1836
denunciation1842
denouncing1862
j'accuse1899
the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > action of saying
cursingc950
waryingc1200
accursinga1382
execration1382
cursement1393
banninga1400
malediction1447
detestation?a1475
imprecation1589
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 285 For the detestacion of that dede, the Frenche men made a statute that noo woman after here scholde reioyce the realme of Fraunce.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 274 In these cases the testament is void, in detestation of such odious shiftes and practises.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 216 St. Paul rent his Garments in detestation of it.
1658 T. Wall God's Revenge 50 The unreasonable creature..in detestation of the sinner whom it serves, is made obnoxious to temporal punishment.
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 108 [Galgacus] by his rough Oratory in detestation of Servitude and the Roman Yoke, having [etc.].
2.
a. The feeling or mental state of detesting; intense dislike or hatred; abhorrence, loathing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]
wlatingc725
wlatc960
ugginga1325
uglinessc1325
loathingc1340
abominationc1350
wlatsomenessc1380
wlatingness1382
fastidie?a1425
loathsomenessc1425
ugsomenessc1450
horribility1496
detestation1526
abhorring1528
dislikingc1540
fastidiousness1541
abhorfulness1556
fulsomeness1563
execration1570
abhorment1576
detesting1591
loath?1591
abhorrence1592
abhorrency1596
dislike1597
distaste1598
disgust1611
nausea1619
oppositeness1619
nauseousness1622
detest1638
wearisomeness1642
repugnance1643
odium1645
abhorrition1649
abominate1651
nausity1654
disdain1655
repugnancy1681
degoust1716
repulsion1751
self-repugnance1852
kick1893
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiiiv To the great detestacion and vttermost despisyng of all the transitory goodes..of this worlde.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 40 Induce theim to the feare of God, and utter detestation of al synne.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Pref. 15 I did in detestation of the thing..set myself to make these observations upon it.
1688 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 436 Something..which he had..sometime call'd a Dislike, sometime an Abhorrence, sometime a Detestation of the Pr. of Orange's proceedings.
1781 S. Johnson Rowe in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 4 The fashion..of the time was, to accumulate upon Lewis all that can raise horror and detestation.
1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1854) 296 The object of the Duchess of Marlborough's fiercest detestation.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 189 His detestation of priests and lawyers.
b. to hold or have in detestation: to regard with hatred or abhorrence, to abominate. to be in detestation: to be held in abhorrence, to be detested.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > loathe [verb (transitive)]
shun1023
loathea1200
uga1340
wlatea1340
horrec1430
irka1500
loathly?1507
to hate like poison1530
detesta1535
detestate1548
execrate1553
hugge1570
to hold in detestation1576
distaste1599
nauseate1627
detaste1637
fastidiatea1650
absonate1775
skeeve1991
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 65 I have the state of these times in great detestation.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 155 Such as told you truth..were in contempt, disdain, hate, and detestation.
1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 46 Let God and man hold me in detestation.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. i. 6 They held all sea-faring persons in detestation.
1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xii. 239 One who is joined to a party which I hold in detestation.
3. concrete. That which is detested; the object of intense dislike.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun]
horribility13..
abominationc1384
Satan?a1513
abhorring1550
ugliness1587
vomit1612
loathing-stock1622
abhorrency1645
abhorrence1650
nausea1654
odium1681
abominablea1687
horrible1726
detestation1728
poison1875
1728 J. Swift Mad Mullinix & Timothy in Intelligencer (1729) viii. 70 Thou art grown the detestation of all thy party.
1792 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 343 This..business is becoming more and more the public detestation.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. i. 16 As if he were the darling of the neighbourhood..being, as he is, its detestation.
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