detest.
To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
Meaning & usage
To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
I detest snakes.
To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *tréyes From Middle French detester (French détester), from Latin dētestor (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē- + testor (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Doublet of detestate.
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