detestable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite offensive to the mind
    abhorrent; repulsive; repugnant; obscene.
    • an abhorrent deed
    • the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
    • morally repugnant customs
    • repulsive behavior
    • the most repulsive character in recent novels
  2. adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
    abominable; execrable; odious.
    • abominable treatment of prisoners
    • detestable vices
    • execrable crimes
    • consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

WordNet

De*test"a*ble adjective
Etymology
L. detestabilis: cf. F. détestable.
Definitions
  1. Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
    Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11.
    Syn. -- Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.

Webster 1913