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to detest
01
to absolutely hate someone or something
Transitive: to detest sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
detest
3rd person singular
detests
Present participle
detesting
Past simple
detested
Past participle
detested
Examples
She detests spiders and is terrified of them.
Lexical Tree
detestable
detested
detest
