be detestable
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It proved when it came to be detestable; I could not put it to my lips; and Bellairs, who had as much palate as a weevil, was left to finish it himself.
From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson
It proved, when it came, to be detestable; I could not put it to my lips; and Bellairs, who had as much palate as a weevil, was left to finish it himself.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Baroness--You are too complimentary: your cause must be detestable.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
"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 Lydia Maria Francis Child
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
