detestation

Etymology

From Middle French détestation.

noun

  1. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
  2. Something detested.
    Neckties are a real detestation for them.
    … No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. … 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

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