detest Copy link Outline 1. ōdi, ōsus; intens., pĕrōsus, exōsus, defect.2. ăbhorreo, 2 (with acc. or ab and abl.)3. dētestor, exsecror, 14. ăbōmĭnor, 1 (strictly, to deprecate as a bad omen)5. āversor, 1 (to turn away one's face in loathing)6. in pass. • detest: 1. ōdi, ōsus; intens., pĕrōsus, exōsus, defect.: v. to hate. 2. ăbhorreo, 2 (with acc. or ab and abl.): v. to abhor. 3. dētestor, exsecror, 1: v. to execrate. 4. ăbōmĭnor, 1 (strictly, to deprecate as a bad omen): Hannibal d.'d of parents, abominatus parentibus Hannibal, Hor.: Liv. 5. āversor, 1 (to turn away one's face in loathing): to d. the sight of any one, aspectum alicujus a., Tac. 6. in pass.: odio esse: how d.'d is cruelty, quanto odio sit crudelitas, Cic.: v. to hate.