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detest (verb), detests; detested; detesting
1. To dislike someone or something very much: James and Sara detest their landlord and so they are looking for another place to live.
2. To feel antipathy or aversion towards another person or situation: Margaret detests the heavy traffic when she drives to work.
3. Etymology: by way of French detester; from Latin detestari, "to bear witness against, to denounce" from testis, "witness".
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2. To feel antipathy or aversion towards another person or situation: Margaret detests the heavy traffic when she drives to work.
3. Etymology: by way of French detester; from Latin detestari, "to bear witness against, to denounce" from testis, "witness".