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détestable

/de.tɛs.tabl/

adjective/de.tɛs.tabl/

detestable, despicable; awful, terrible, very bad at something

Synonyms: méprisable, lamentable

Inherited from Middle French détestable, from Old French detestable (14th c.), from Latin detestābilis (“abominable, execrable”).

détestable — French Dictionary | Passage