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)

Mamma had made up her mind to be detestable about Julius Bradshaw—that was the long and short of it.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

It proved when it came to be detestable; I could not put it to my lips; and Bellairs, who had as much palate as a weevil, was left to finish it himself.

From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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.

"Let them," said the Queen, "be brought away only by their own consent, otherwise the act will be detestable, and bring down the vengeance of heaven upon us."

From Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West by Steward, Austin