Detest /(?)/

De·test

Detest

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Detested; p. pr. & vb. n. Detesting

  1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]
    The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches.
    God hath detested them with his own mouth.
    — Bale.
  2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
    Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.