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Adjective: detested  di'tes-tid
  1. Treated with dislike or contempt
    "He detested the silk-shirt agents, who hogged large chunks of the budget";
    - despised, hated, scorned
Verb: detest  di'test
  1. Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
    "She detests politicians";
    - hate

See also: unloved

Type of: dislike, disrelish [archaic]

Antonym: love

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