Antonyms for detestedde·test·ed

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1. despised, detested, hated, scornedadjective

   treated with contempt

   Antonyms:
   loved

   Synonyms:
   scorned, hated, despised

How to use detested in a sentence?

1. Duke of Wellington:

   We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

2. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891:

   When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

3. Bruno Julliard:

   We must put in the limelight those who support values that our close to ours, which is the case of Tel Aviv, a city that is often detested by the most radical Israelis.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck men risk theirs.

5. Vice President Biden:

   And we had to put up with the likes of like Jim Eastland and Hermy Talmadge and all those segregationists and all of that. And the fact of the matter is that we were able to do it because we were able to win -- we were able to beat them on everything they stood for, we in fact detested what they stood for in terms of segregation and all the rest.

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