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   detest

   /dɪˈtɛst/

   verb

   • 1. dislike intensely: "she really did detest his mockery"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. detester noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

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