Antonyms for detestation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dee-te-stey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdi tɛˈsteɪ ʃən

Definition of detestation

Origin : mid-15c., from French détestation (14c.), from Latin detestationem (nominative detestatio) "execration, detestation," from past participle stem of detestari (see detest).

noun loathing

Example sentences :

For once, the music of her voice was lost in a discordant cry of detestation.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It is at about this period that my detestation of Calais knows no bounds.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Thirdly, that they are never set forth as the objects of ridicule, but detestation.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

His detestation of the race increased, while yet every nerve was alert to miss no chance.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Because of that my detestation of him became a personal, active thing.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

And yet she felt no resentment, no detestation, no censure, no rebuke.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

Cannibalism was regarded by them with horror and detestation.
Extract from : « The Hawaiian Islands » by The Department of Foreign Affairs

But there were no feelings of that kind to come in the way of the detestation he felt for Lucy.
Extract from : « The Magic City » by Edith Nesbit

He was the admiration of all the mothers, and the detestation of all their sons.
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for detestation

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