be detestable

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"That's true," yawned out Beecher; "vetturino work must be detestable."

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

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)

An ornament that would be admirable applied to one object, might be detestable if applied to another.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various

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

It would be detestable to me to marry an heiress, and if I were a girl I should despise a man who was content to live on his wife’s money.”

From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.