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 Servia would be detestable.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various

"No; to carry it on in so clandestine and private a manner as might secure me from the suspicion of that which I know to be detestable, and bound others up from practising."

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

If this were done designedly to use always the best, this unhappy temper would still be detestable, as it must check the course of speaking and extinguish the heat of thought by delay and diffidence.

From The Training of a Public Speaker by Kleiser, Grenville

It would be detestable, but it would have to be done.

From Gone to Earth by Webb, Mary Gladys Meredith

And believe me when I say that the moment I saw you, I knew that my conduct was going to be detestable.

From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold