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English
Etymology
From Middle French détestation.
Noun
detestation (countable and uncountable, plural detestations)
- Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
- Something detested.
Neckties are a real detestation for them.
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”
Translations
hate coupled with disgust