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detestations

detestations is the plural of detestation.

Meaning of detestation

Noun

detestation (countable and uncountable, plural detestations)

  1. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
    • “… 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. …”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
  2. Something detested.
    • Neckties are a real detestation for them.

Questions about detestations

What is detestations the plural of?
Detestations is the plural of detestation.

Words near detestations in the dictionary

  1. detestableness
  2. detestably
  3. detestate
  4. detestates
  5. detestation
  6. detestations
  7. detested
  8. detester
  9. detesters
  10. detestest
  11. detesteth

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