Synonyms: abhor, abominate, loathe, horrify
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | de·test |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) detest | (I) detested |
| (thou) detestest | (thou) detestedst |
| (he) detests, detesteth | (he) detested |
| (we) detest | (we) detested |
| (you) detest | (you) detested |
| (they) detest | (they) detested |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) detest | (I) detested |
| (thou) detest | (thou) detested |
| (he) detest | (he) detested |
| (we) detest | (we) detested |
| (you) detest | (you) detested |
| (they) detest | (they) detested |
| Imperative mood | |
| detest | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| detesting | detested |
| Catalan | abominar; detestar |
|---|---|
| Danish | afsky |
| Dutch | verafschuwen; verfoeien |
| Esperanto | abomeni |
| Faeroese | hava andstygd |
| French | abominer; abhorrer; avoir en abomination; exécrer; détester; avoir en horreur |
| German | verabscheuen |
| Greek | απεχθάνομαι |
| Hungarian | utál |
| Icelandic | mér býður við; hrylla; hafa andstyggð á |
| Italian | detestare |
| Latin | abominare; abominari |
| Norwegian | avsky |
| Portuguese | abominar |
| Romanian | detesta; urî |
| Russian | относиться с отвращением; питать отвращение |
| Saterland Frisian | ferouschjoue; ferouskjoue |
| Spanish | abominar; aborrecer; detestar |
| Swedish | avsky |
| Thai | รังเกียด |
| West Frisian | ferspuie |