Antonyms for detestation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dee-te-stey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdi tɛˈsteɪ ʃən


Definition of detestation

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from French détestation (14c.), from Latin detestationem (nominative detestatio) "execration, detestation," from past participle stem of detestari (see detest).
  • noun loathing
Example sentences :
  • For once, the music of her voice was lost in a discordant cry of detestation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It is at about this period that my detestation of Calais knows no bounds.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Thirdly, that they are never set forth as the objects of ridicule, but detestation.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • His detestation of the race increased, while yet every nerve was alert to miss no chance.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Because of that my detestation of him became a personal, active thing.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And yet she felt no resentment, no detestation, no censure, no rebuke.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • Cannibalism was regarded by them with horror and detestation.
  • Extract from : « The Hawaiian Islands » by The Department of Foreign Affairs
  • But there were no feelings of that kind to come in the way of the detestation he felt for Lucy.
  • Extract from : « The Magic City » by Edith Nesbit
  • He was the admiration of all the mothers, and the detestation of all their sons.
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for detestation

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