détestable

Meaning

  1. detestable, despicable
  2. (humorous, informal) awful, terrible, very bad at something

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.tɛs.tabl/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French détestable, from Old French detestable (14th c.), from Latin detestābilis (“abominable, execrable”).

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