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detest
UK /dɪˈtɛst/ US /dɪˈtɛst/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
I detest snakes.
Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
2
To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.
God hath detested them with his own mouth.
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