Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to detest
Participle: detested
Gerund: detesting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | detest |
| you | detest |
| he;she;it | detests |
| we | detest |
| you | detest |
| they | detest |
Perfect
| I | have detested |
| you | have detested |
| he;she;it | has detested |
| we | have detested |
| you | have detested |
| they | have detested |
Past
| I | detested |
| you | detested |
| he;she;it | detested |
| we | detested |
| you | detested |
| they | detested |
Pluperfect
| I | had detested |
| you | had detested |
| he;she;it | had detested |
| we | had detested |
| you | had detested |
| they | had detested |
Future
| I | will detest |
| you | will detest |
| he;she;it | will detest |
| we | will detest |
| you | will detest |
| they | will detest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have detested |
| you | will have detested |
| he;she;it | will have detested |
| we | will have detested |
| you | will have detested |
| they | will have detested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | detest |
| you | detest |
| he;she;it | detest |
| we | detest |
| you | detest |
| they | detest |
Perfect
| I | have detested |
| you | have detested |
| he;she;it | have detested |
| we | have detested |
| you | have detested |
| they | have detested |
Imperfect
| I | detested |
| you | detested |
| he;she;it | detested |
| we | detested |
| you | detested |
| they | detested |
Pluperfect
| I | had detested |
| you | had detested |
| he;she;it | had detested |
| we | had detested |
| you | had detested |
| they | had detested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would detest |
| you | would detest |
| he;she;it | would detest |
| we | would detest |
| you | would detest |
| they | would detest |
Perfect
| I | would have detested |
| you | would have detested |
| he;she;it | would have detested |
| we | would have detested |
| you | would have detested |
| they | would have detested |
Imperative
| you | detest |
| we | Let's detest |
| you | detest |
Verbs conjugated like 'detest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'detest'
detect,
detent,
detext,
devest,
retest,
attest,
behest,
cotest,
de-ess,
decyst,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1432 (
detestation), from M.Fr.
detester, from L.
detestari "express abhorrence for," lit. "denounce with one's testimony," from
de- "from, down" +
testari "be a witness," from
testis "witness." Originally also trans., "to curse, to call God to witness and abhor."
2. PIE word
3. *tréyes
4. From Middle French detester (French détester), from Latin dētestor (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē- + testor (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Doublet of detestate. See: French '
détester'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] horror and amazement it is full of sleepers in every stage, shape, attitude, and variety of slumber: in the berths, on the chairs, on the floors, on the tables, and particularly round the stove, my detested enemy. I take another step forward, and slip on the shining face of a black steward, who lies rolled in a blanket on the floor. He jumps up, grins, half in pain and half in hospitality; whispers [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)