detest
verbTo dislike someone or something intensely.
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Clear all filtersTo dislike someone or something intensely.
So firmly established that it cannot reasonably be challenged.
Beyond reasonable challenge
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To accept or agree without active resistance, often reluctantly.
Acceptance without active objection, often despite reservations.
To state positively or affirm as true.
To compete or struggle against difficulty or opposition.
Compete or struggle
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Likely to cause disagreement, or inclined to argue.
Likely to provoke disagreement
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A standard or condition used to judge, select, or decide something.
Open to reasonable disagreement or uncertainty.
To condemn openly and strongly.
To regard with strong contempt or intense dislike.
Disagreement with an opinion, decision, or position held by others.
The condition of having the greatest influence, strength, or prominence.
Greatest influence or prominence
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Having the greatest influence, power, or prominence in a setting.
Most influential or prominent
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To protest or denounce something loudly and forcefully.
To deny, dispute, or speak against a statement.
A proposed explanation or assumption offered for examination or testing.
Proposed explanation
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To question credibility or, in government, formally accuse an official of misconduct.
Challenge credibility
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To challenge the truth, integrity, or validity of something.
Impossible to dispute successfully on the available evidence.
Not open to successful dispute
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Beyond reasonable doubt or disagreement.
Beyond reasonable doubt
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Easily annoyed or provoked.
Easily annoyed
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To pursue or contest a dispute through legal proceedings.
To dislike intensely.
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