English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes
-
detest
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. «How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful.» Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray’s «New English Dictionary»] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton’s heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.
Synonyms:
abhor, abominate, despise, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shunAntonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish
Princeton’s WordNetRate this synonym:3.0 / 1 vote
-
hate, detestverb
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
«I hate Mexican food»; «She detests politicians»
Synonyms:
hate
How to pronounce detest?
How to say detest in sign language?
How to use detest in a sentence?
-
Ron Prosor:
It is time for the international community to take a clear stand against those who build the foundations of terror by teaching children to detest and despise, this must start by speaking out against incitement in Palestinian society.
-
William Shakespeare:
Since Cleopatra died, I have liv’d in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness.
-
J. K. Rowling:
Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.
-
Steve Scalise:
I did n’t know who all of these groups were and I detest any kind of hate group.
-
Homer:
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another.
Translation
Find a translation for the detest synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- — Select —
- 简体中文 (Chinese — Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese — Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Are we missing a good synonym for detest?
1 definition
| detest (Verb) — | Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards 1 example |
| 1. ex. «She detests politicians» |
8 misspelling
ddetest
deeteest
detes
detesst
detets
detezt
dettestt
etest
All synonyms in one line
abhor, abominate, affront, anathematise, anathematize, en.synonym.one, bother, condemn, curse, depreciate, despise, disfavour, dislike, disrelish, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate, neglect, offend, rebuff, repulse, scorn, spurn.
Like the site?
This search took 0.0261 sec. Think how often you are looking for something to replace a word with? Probably often. Bookmark synonym.one to find synonyms, antonyms and meanings quickly. (press Ctrl + D on your keyboard).
abhor, abominate, despise, dislike intensely, execrate, feel aversion towards, feel disgust towards, feel hostility towards, feel repugnance towards, hate, loathe, recoil from
Antonyms
adore, cherish, dig (slang) dote on, love, relish
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus 
detest
( detests 3rd person present) ( detesting present participle) ( detested past tense & past participle ) If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much. verb
(=loathe)
My mother detested him… V n/-ing
Jean detested being photographed. V n/-ing
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
Add your entry in the Collaborative Dictionary.
What is another word for detest?
596 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪtˈɛst], [ dɪtˈɛst], [ d_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_s_t]
How to use «Detest» in context?
When we think of the word «detest,» we may automatically think of someone or something that we intensely dislike. We may also think of strong negative emotions, such as anger or hatred, towards that person or thing. However, the word «detest» can also be used to describe a feeling of intense dislike for a particular type of thing. For example, you might detest going to the same boring party every month, or you might detest working for a bosses who is always making unreasonable demands.
- abhor
- despise
- loathe
- abominate
- execrate
- reject
- repudiate
- be allergic to
- dislike intensely
- down on
- feel aversion toward
- feel hostility toward
- feel repugnance toward
- have no use for
- recoil from
On this page you’ll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to detest, such as: abhor, despise, loathe, abominate, execrate, and reject.
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING detest
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
QUIZ
Don’t Go Retrograde On Your Word Of The Day Quiz Streak!
START THE QUIZ
How to use detest in a sentence
In 1998, Hodges re-emerged practically from the ether with Croupier, in which Clive Owen gives a sterling performance as a coolly ambitious aspiring writer who, in order to make a living, returns to a line of work he both detests and excels at.
THE 19 MOST UNDERRATED MOVIES ON NETFLIXSTEPHANIE ZACHAREKOCTOBER 26, 2021TIME
The leaders mutually despise and detest one another, and universally endeavour to deceive and supplant each other.
DEVIL-WORSHIP IN FRANCEARTHUR EDWARD WAITE
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO DETEST
- abominate
- be allergic to
- be down on
- be grossed out by
- despise
- detest
- hate
- have no use for
- loathe
- scorn
- abominating
- be grossing out by
- being allergic to
- being down on
- despising
- detesting
- hating
- having no use for
- loathing
- scorning
- abhor
- abominate
- allergic to
- contemn
- deride
- detest
- disdain
- disregard
- eschew
- execrate
- feel contempt for
- flout
- hate
- have no use for
- loathe
- look down nose at
- misprize
- neglect
- put down
- reject
- renounce
- repudiate
- revile
- scorn
- shun
- slight
- snub
- spurn
- undervalue
- wipe out
- abhor
- abominate
- antipathize
- avoid
- be allergic to
- be averse to
- be turned off to
- bear malice toward
- condemn
- contemn
- deplore
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disrelish
- eschew
- execrate
- grossed out on
- have hard feelings
- have no stomach for
- have no taste for
- loathe
- look down on
- lose interest in
- make faces at
- mind
- not appreciate
- not care for
- not endure
- not feel like
- not take kindly to
- object to
- regret
- resent
- scorn
- shudder at
- shun
- abhors
- abominates
- antipathizes
- avoids
- be turns off to
- bears malice toward
- condemns
- contemns
- deplores
- despises
- detests
- disapproves
- disesteems
- disfavors
- disrelishes
- eschews
- execrates
- grosses out on
- has hard feelings
- has no stomach for
- has no taste for
- is allergic to
- is averse to
- loathes
- looks down on
- loses interest in
- makes faces at
- minds
- not appreciates
- not cares for
- not endures
- not feels like
- not takes kindly to
- objects to
- regrets
- resents
- scorns
- shudder at
- shuns
- despise
- detest
- disfavor
- distaste
- hate
- loathe
- mislike
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.