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Adjective: detested  du'tes-tid
  1. Treated with contempt
    "He detested the silk-shirt agents, who hogged large chunks of the budget"
    - despised, hated, scorned
Verb: detest  di'test
  1. Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
    "She detests politicians"
    - hate

See also: detestation, unloved

Type of: dislike

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