0 used to refer to people or things that you hate very much -- 可憎的，可惡的，令人厭惡的
a detestable coward 可惡的膽小鬼
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.
