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Loathing vs Detestable - What's the difference?

loathing | detestable |

As a noun loathing

is sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

As a verb loathing

is .

As an adjective detestable is

detestable, despicable.

loathing

English

Noun

  • Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
    • The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

    Verb

    (head)

    • 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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