detestable

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

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, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
repulsiveness (for: repulsive), repel (for: repulsive), repugnance (for: repugnant), obscenity (for: obscene), abhorrence (for: abhorrent), abhor (for: abhorrent)
2. unequivocally detestable
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
• Syn:
abominable, execrable, odious
• Similar to:
hateful
• Derivationally related forms:
odium (for: odious), odiousness (for: odious), abominate (for: abominable)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  abominable, execrable, odious, abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive