be detestable

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I hated the idea of a war between any of the great powers, and that any of them should be dragged into a war by Serbia would be detestable.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

A big newspaper fuss will be detestable for Lady Loudwater.

From The Loudwater Mystery by Jepson, Edgar

I think a light blue celeste, which Lord Stafford had, would be detestable, and scarlet is too glaring.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

If the fictions and artifices of vanity be detestable, the concealment of our good actions is surely not without guilt.

From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden

Baroness--You are too complimentary: your cause must be detestable.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright