detestation

American  

[dee-te-stey-shuhn] / ˌdi tɛˈsteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. abhorrence; hatred.

2. a person or thing detested.

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detestation British  

/ ˌdiːtɛsˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. intense hatred; abhorrence

2. a person or thing that is detested

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Etymology

Origin of detestation

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin dētestātiōn- (stem of dētestātiō ), equivalent to dētestāt ( us ) (past participle of dētestārī to detest; -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Mr. Troy narrates efforts by Harry and Jack Warner—the Warner Brothers—to propagandize the New Deal; Henry Ford’s ham-fisted attempt to keep Woodrow Wilson out of the war in Europe; the magazine publisher Henry Luce’s early approval and later detestation of Roosevelt; Oprah Winfrey’s decision to cast aside her apolitical stance and go all in for Barack Obama; and much else.

From The Wall Street Journal

In my son’s democratic universe, I had hoped they could transcend detestation.

From Washington Post

Pain, shame, ire, impatience, disgust, detestation, seemed momentarily to hold a quivering conflict in the large pupil dilating under his ebon eyebrow.

From Literature

Shapiro's detestation of racism also runs in direct contrast to his own rhetoric regarding race in the past.

From Salon

“The corollary of an England saving Europe,” she adds, “is a detestation of Germany and contempt for cowardice – the term is often used for those who allowed themselves to be occupied, not to mention collaborated.”

From The Guardian