be detestable

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"No; to carry it on in so clandestine and private a manner as might secure me from the suspicion of that which I know to be detestable, and bound others up from practising."

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

I believe these girls are going to be detestable.

From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley

When Vogler came back he entered the Church, was immediately appointed Court Chaplain, and composed a Miserere which all the world declares to be detestable, being full of false harmony.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

"She expressed her concern lest any of the Africans should be carried off without their free consent; declaring that such a thing would be detestable, and call down the vengeance of Heaven upon the undertakers."

From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

An ornament that would be admirable applied to one object, might be detestable if applied to another.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various