Portuguese English Dictionary

português - English

detestar in English:

1. loathe


I've never loathed any book as much as that one.
From an early age the brothers loathed each other.
From an early age the brothers have loathed each other. "Do you like fish?" "No, I loathe it."
She loathed him in a deep and very personal way.
\ˈlōth\ From an early ​age the ​brothers have loathed each other. I loathe doing ​housework.
I loathe flying.
loathe =to feel intense dislike, disgust, or hatred for; abhor; detest
Like it or loatheit, many see the class system as a quintessential element of British life,
You loathe democracy so much now that you actually call it populism.
I loathe this guy so much.
i love watching football, but my wife loathes
‘she loathed him on sight.
I absolutely loathe shopping
As for physical exercise, although I loathe most sports (I think they're really boring), I do like going to the gym to lift weights.

2. detest


Gary is such a horrible person. I absolutely detest him.
They absolutely detest each other.
Tom really does detest giving speeches in front of large audiences.
Being a criminal, I detest violence. There are so many smarter ways of stealing people's property.
I detest having to hurry in the morning.
And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"
he detests sharing power
When he was finished with him, the renowned children's psychiatrist would be one of the most detest man in Sweden
James is the sort of man I most detest.
to ​hate someone or something very much: I detest any ​kind of ​cruelty. [+ -ing verb] I detest having to get up when it's ​dark ​outside. her detested ​older ​brother
When he was at school he detested playing football
Both want to be President and they have long detested each other.
I detest swimming.
I detest extremism as much as anyone.
The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.