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Detested vs Disposed - What's the difference?

detested | disposed |

As verbs the difference between detested and disposed

is that detested is (detest) while disposed is (dispose).

As an adjective disposed is

inclined; minded.

detested

English

Verb

(head)
  • (detest)

    • detest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dislike intensely; to loathe.
    • I detest snakes.
    Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell. — Pope.
  • (obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    • The heresy of Nestorius was detested in the Eastern churches. — Fuller.
    God hath detested them with his own mouth. — Bale.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * detestable * detestation

    See also

    * abhor * despise * disdain * dislike * hate * loathe

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    disposed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dispose)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined; minded.
  • *(Bible), (w) xviii.27:
  • *:when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • (lb) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
  • :(Beaumont and Fletcher)