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Detestable vs Hatel - What's the difference?

detestable | hatel |

As adjectives the difference between detestable and hatel

is that detestable is stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking while hatel is hateful; detestable.

detestable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

    Derived terms

    * detestableness

    Related terms

    * detest * detestability

    See also

    * hateful * abominable * loathsome * horrid

    Anagrams

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    hatel

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) hateful; detestable
    • (Webster 1913)