detestable
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The idea of Guy’s killing Bruno’s detestable father in return is merely a dramatic device to show how remorselessly Guy is drawn down into the dark coils of the conspiracy, against his better self.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Most significantly, it overturned a New York minimum wage law in a decision known as Tipaldo, after its detestable protagonist, the owner of a laundry who had been cheating his laundresses of their legal wages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Jabba, in all his hulking space worminess, was far more detestable.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
After Charles' execution in 1649, England's Crown Jewels were melted down or sold on the orders of the republican revolutionary Oliver Cromwell as representative of the "detestable rule of kings".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
“What is detestable in a pig is more detestable in a boy.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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