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detestable

[dih-tes-tuh-buhl] / dɪˈtɛs tə bəl /


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As a former Houstonian, I can attest that the only thing more detestable than a roach is a flying roach.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Most significantly, it overturned a New York minimum wage law in a decision known as Tipaldo, after its detestable protagonist, the owner of a laundry who had been cheating his laundresses of their legal wages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

After Charles' execution in 1649, England's Crown Jewels were melted down or sold on the orders of the republican revolutionary Oliver Cromwell as representative of the "detestable rule of kings".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

Would they think that the detestable bugs had started to infest their apartments?

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2023

Procne, the elder of the two, was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who proved to have inherited all his father’s detestable qualities.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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