detestable
Example Sentences
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It is not a scarlet letter enough for me that detestable owners are merely forced — or encouraged — to sell teams they ruined in myriad ways.
From Washington Post
Those who find the presence of Fox News on their cable menus detestable should let their cable operators know it.
From Los Angeles Times
Macron said the royal visit likely would have become their target, which risked creating a “detestable situation.”
From Seattle Times
“All right, understandable. Is it a detestable act? Yes. You don’t have to like him. You can hate him. But he is sick.”
From Washington Post
In “Bull— Jobs,” his 2018 book based on a viral essay, he probed the question of why so many of us seem to go to work only to do meaningless tasks we find detestable.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
