KJV Dictionary Definition: detestable

detestable

DETESTABLE, a. Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.

Thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things. Ezekiel 5.

detestableness

DETESTABLENESS, n. Extreme hatefulness.

detestably

DETESTABLY, adv. Very hatefully; abominably.

detestation

DETESTATION, n. Extreme hatred; abhorrence; with of. The good man entertains uniformly a detestation of sin.

detested

DETESTED, pp. Hated extremely; abhorred.

detester

DETESTER, n. One who abhors.

detesting

DETESTING, ppr. Hating extremely; abhorring; abominating.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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