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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. offensive to the mind;
- Example: "an abhorrent deed"
- Example: "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"
- Example: "morally repugnant customs"
- Example: "repulsive behavior"
- Example: "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
[syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]

2. unequivocally detestable;
- Example: "abominable treatment of prisoners"
- Example: "detestable vices"
- Example: "execrable crimes"
- Example: "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
[syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Detestable \De*test"a*ble\, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F.
   d['e]testable.]
   Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very
   odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
   [1913 Webster]

         Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable
         things, and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11.

   Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

detestable
    adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
           massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
           "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
           recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable,
           obscene, repugnant, repulsive]
    2: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
       prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
       "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn:
       abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]