detestable

Her engagement at the luncheon-bar he spoke of as a detestable slavery, which had wasted her health and driven her in the end to an act of desperation.

The Nether World George Gissing 1880

That's odd, because I think the word detestable in that verse is the same as the one in Leviticus 18: 22

4Simpsons Blog - Eternity Matters 2008

That's odd, because I think the word detestable in that verse is the same as the one in Leviticus 18: 22

4Simpsons Blog - Eternity Matters 2008

That's odd, because I think the word detestable in that verse is the same as the one in Leviticus 18: 22

4Simpsons Blog - Eternity Matters 2008

But the ad misleadingly omits Mr. Obama's having called Mr. Ayers 'conduct back then "detestable" -- and I agree with that.

Lanny Davis: Best of Times, Worst of Times 2008

But the ad misleadingly omits Mr. Obama's having called Mr. Ayers 'conduct back then "detestable" - and I agree with that.

The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2008

And of course, the preferred alternative spelling for Moloch was Molek, known as the detestable god of the Ammonites.

Dexter in the Dark Lindsay, Jeff 2007

I say, what name detestable enough could we find for such a being? yet, if we impartially consider the case, and our intermediate situation, we must acknowledge that, with regard to inferior animals, just such a being is a sportsman.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

PRIME MINISTER described as a detestable campaign and bury the hatchet and all the other weapons employed in it.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917 Various

The Egyptians had always been described as detestable enemies and oppressors, yet how enchanting everything seemed in the house of the first Egyptian warrior he had entered.

Joshua — Volume 1 Georg Ebers 1867