detesting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Detest \De*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detested; p. pr. & vb. n. Detesting.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. d['e]tester. See Testify.]
1.To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
God hath detested them with his own mouth.— Bale.[1913 Webster]
2.To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil. [1913 Webster]
Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.— Pope.
Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See Hate. [1913 Webster]