be detestable

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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 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 Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

I believe these girls are going to be detestable.

From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley

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