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detesting

detesting is the present participle and gerund of detest.

Meaning of detest

Verb

detest (third-person singular simple present detests, present participle detesting, simple past and past participle detested)

  1. (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
    • I detest snakes.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    • The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Words formed from detesting

Questions about detesting

What is detesting the present participle and gerund of?
Detesting is the present participle and gerund of detest.

Words near detesting in the dictionary

  1. detested
  2. detester
  3. detesters
  4. detestest
  5. detesteth
  6. detesting
  7. detests
  8. detether
  9. detethered
  10. detethering
  11. detetherings

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