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Adjective detestable has 2 senses
- abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive - offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
Antonym: inoffensive (indirect, via offensive)
- abominable, detestable, execrable, odious - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
Antonyms: lovable, loveable (indirect, via hateful)
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