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Adjective: detestable  di'tes-tu-bul
  1. Offensive to the mind
    - abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, absonant [archaic]
     
  2. Unequivocally detestable
    "detestable vices";
    - abominable, execrable, odious

See also: hateful, offensive

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