detest

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle French detester, from Latin detestari (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from de- + testari (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify.

verb

  1. (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
    I detest snakes.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    God hath detested them with his own mouth. 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches

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