detested; detesting; detests
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detester
noun
Examples of detest in a Sentence
I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!
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It is also largely detested across the territory, especially in the refugee camps, where it is seen as a tool of Israeli authorities.
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Julia Frankel, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
So, while there is no question that the estate tax is detested by perhaps everyone in the country (other than the obvious, estate planners themselves), there may be a lot of spin in the arguments for its repeal.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The agency has funded election-monitoring groups, anticorruption watchdogs and independent news outlets — exactly the kind of oversight that authoritarian leaders detest.
—Yonette Joseph, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Take durian, the fleshy fruit with a notable and often detested smell.
—Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 13 Jan. 2025
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Julia Frankel, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
So, while there is no question that the estate tax is detested by perhaps everyone in the country (other than the obvious, estate planners themselves), there may be a lot of spin in the arguments for its repeal.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The agency has funded election-monitoring groups, anticorruption watchdogs and independent news outlets — exactly the kind of oversight that authoritarian leaders detest.
—Yonette Joseph, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Take durian, the fleshy fruit with a notable and often detested smell.
—Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for detest
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“Detest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detest. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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detest
verb
de·test
di-ˈtest 
: to dislike very strongly
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