Definition of detested

"detested" in the verb sense

1. hate, detest

dislike intensely feel antipathy or aversion towards

"I hate Mexican food"

"She detests politicians"

"detested" in the adjective sense

1. despised, detested, hated, scorned

treated with dislike or contempt

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Quotations for detested

Wars detested by mothers. [ Horace ]

Glory grows guilty of detested crimes. [ William Shakespeare ]

Detested sport, that owes its pleasures to another's pain. [ Cowper ]

Power is detested, and miserable is the life of him who wishes rather to be feared than to be loved. [ Nepos ]

If, of all vices, avarice is the most generally detested, it is the effect of an avidity common to all men. [ Helvetius ]

Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers. [ Helvetius ]

detested in Scrabble®

The word detested is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters detested:

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detested in Words With Friends™

The word detested is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters detested:

DETESTED
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Words within the letters of detested

3 letter words in detested (5 words)

4 letter words in detested (7 words)

5 letter words in detested (3 words)

6 letter words in detested (5 words)

8 letter words in detested (1 word)

detested + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence detested

Words that start with detested (1 word)

Words with detested in them (1 word)

Words that end with detested (2 words)

Word Growth involving detested

Shorter words in detested

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test tested

Longer words containing detested

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