detest

verbeattesté dans les dialogues

//dɪˈtɛst//

To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.

verbe

1
To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
I detest snakes.
Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
2
obsolèteTo witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.
God hath detested them with his own mouth.

Étymologie

PIE word *tréyes From Middle French detester (French détester), from Latin dētestor (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē- + testor (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Doublet of detestate.

Formes

passé: detested
participe passé: detested
participe présent: detesting
3ᵉ personne du singulier: detests

determination · The act of determining, or the state of being determined. The…determine · To set the boundaries or limits of.determined · Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.

detest · To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.

detonate · To explode, blow up detonation · An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous…detonator · A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

Les pages voisines — L'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.