detesting

[dih-test]

de·test

[dih-test]
verb (used with object)
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.

Origin:
1525–35; < Middle French detester < Latin dētestārī to call down a curse upon, loathe, equivalent to dē- de- + testārī to bear witness; see testate

de·test·er, noun
un·de·test·ed, adjective
un·de·test·ing, adjective


abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate, despise. See hate.


love, like.

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Detesting is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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