detestedadj.
Intensely disliked or hated; abominated; held in abhorrence; odious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > [adjective] > that is hated
yhated1297
behatec1374
odiousa1382
hateda1400
loatheda1420
abominate1531
abhorred1533
detested1552
odious1560
abominated1620
nauseated1652
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Detested, abominatus.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 31 Guyltie of detested crimes. View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 73 With such heathenish and detested Oratory.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. vi. 438 Both Paris and my most detested self.
1805 R. Southey Madoc in Aztlan xx Let a curse..For ever follow the detested name.
Derivatives
deˈtestedly adv. with detestation.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [adverb]
loathlyc1400
foulily1489
loathingly1606
detestedly1836
bitterly1849
1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxiii Who viewed the West India station..detestedly.
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