detest

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To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. Stephen Leacock

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. Nelson Mandela

Sometimes I read a book with pleasure, and detest the author. Jonathan Swift

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell the truth. H. L. Mencken

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun The Japanese dont care to, the Chinese wouldnt dare to Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one, But Englishmen detest a siesta. Noël Coward

I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know, words, randomly arranged to form millions of dollars... I'm not bitter at all. Bill Bailey

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