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Thesaurus: detest

To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

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  1. v. t. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
  2. v. t. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
  3. v. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
  4. v:100 v dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards