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# detest

«detest» in Mova's school 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/school/D/detest/#m1)

### sense in the 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

- I detest getting up early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x1)
- She detests unkindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x2)
- He detests broccoli. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x3)
- The villain detested the hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x4)
- My cat detests baths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x5)
- They detest the cold, wet winters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x6)
- Their mother detested her eldest son, and had only eyes for the youngest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detest/#x7)

### 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/school/D/detest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.