detestable
See also: détestable
English
Etymology
From Middle French détestable. By surface analysis, detest + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: de‧test‧able
Adjective
detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)
- Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
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Collocations
with nouns
- detestable crime
- detestable thing
- detestable practices
- detestable act
- detestable character
- detestable nature
- detestable person
- detestable conduct
- detestable villain
- detestable behavior
Translations
stimulating disgust or detestation
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dētestābilis.
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Further reading
- “detestable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “detestable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “detestable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “detestable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dētestābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /detesˈtable/ [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: de‧tes‧ta‧ble
Adjective
detestable m or f (masculine and feminine plural detestables)
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Further reading
- “detestable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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