detestation
pronunciation
How to pronounce detestation in British English:
UK [ˌdi:te'steɪʃn]
How to pronounce detestation in American English:
US [ˌditɛˈsteʃən]
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- Noun:
- hate coupled with disgust
Word Origin
- detestation (n.)
- mid-15c., from French détestation (14c.), from Latin detestationem (nominative detestatio) "execration, detestation," from past participle stem of detestari (see detest).
Example
- 1. 9 See joke : we of a detestation proud .
- 2. Her detestation and disgust must have found voice .
- 3. The country 's president is regarded with detestation .
- 4. I hold those old customs in detestation .
- 5. My father was upright and outspoken . He held hypocrites in detestation .