detestable Betydning & definition

Eksempler på detestable

• Should he persist, he becomes the cause of scandal, and his reputation soon becomes detestable.

• They pronounce excessively severe penalties, commit the most detestable acts of barbarity, and cover everything up with lies.

• It is a detestable and indefensible creed and the sooner it is swept away the better.

• It is impossible to exaggerate the harm which has been done to some of our most beautiful countryside through this really detestable ribbon development.

• Nothing is more detestable and reprehensible than the use of common informers for a reward to prosecute religious observances.

• This is detestable at a time when we live in a world which is precariously balanced between annihilation and peace.

• And they are using that detestable kind of force which our people deeply resented when it was used against this country.

• It is a system which, to my mind, is completely detestable to our way of life and system of thought.