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# detest

«detest» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To hate something or someone very much** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (detest, detests, detested, detesting); adjective (detestable)

### meaning for a pupil

To hate something or someone very much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means to treat an idol or an idol-linked object as utterly hateful and keep far away from it. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as the law against profiting from or keeping anything used for idol worship. In the primary lessons: In stories and the more formal voice, characters detest things like cruelty, cabbage or rude people. In everyday talk children usually say «hate» or «can't stand». It is a strong word.

### examples

- And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. (Torah DEU.7.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x1)
- I detest getting up early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x2)
- She detests unkindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x3)
- He detests broccoli. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x4)
- The villain detested the hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x5)
- My cat detests baths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x6)
- They detest the cold, wet winters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x7)
- Their mother detested her eldest son, and had only eyes for the youngest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/#x8)

### note

Stronger and more formal than «dislike». Not usually used in «-ing» form: «I detest it», not «I am detesting it».

### In the corpora

- ["You shall not steal" (Exodus 20:15); "The Lord detests dishonest scales" (Proverbs 11:1).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet/6/)
- ["Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent: the Lord detests them both" (Proverbs 17:15).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «detest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/detest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.