detest

verb (detest, detests, detested, detesting); adjective (detestable)

«detest» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To hate something or someone very much. tree →

In the lessons

In stories and the more formal voice, characters detest things like cruelty, cabbage or rude people. In everyday talk children usually say «hate» or «can't stand». It is a strong word.

Examples

I detest getting up early. tree →
She detests unkindness. tree →
He detests broccoli. tree →
The villain detested the hero. tree →
My cat detests baths. tree →
They detest the cold, wet winters. tree →
Their mother detested her eldest son, and had only eyes for the youngest. tree →

Note

Stronger and more formal than «dislike». Not usually used in «-ing» form: «I detest it», not «I am detesting it».

In Jewish tradition

Means to treat an idol or an idol-linked object as utterly hateful and keep far away from it.

Interpretation. Tradition reads this as the law against profiting from or keeping anything used for idol worship.

Examples

And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. (Torah DEU.7.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Stronger and more formal than «dislike». Not usually used in «-ing» form: «I detest it», not «I am detesting it».

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «detest» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «detest» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«detest» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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