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Hatred that got dressed up, took a vocabulary class, and still means hate
means An intense, often moral disgust or loathing directed at someone or something — hatred with conviction behind it.
from From Latin detestari, meaning to curse or denounce while calling the gods to witness — from de- (down, thoroughly) plus testari (to testify, bear witness, related to testis, 'witness'). To detest something originally meant to publicly damn it under divine observation, not just privately dislike it. The word reached English through French in the 14th-15th century, keeping its formal, almost legal weight — detestation isn't a shrug of distaste, it's hatred sworn to in front of a jury.
- vs disgust
- disgust is gut, this is judgment
- root
- latin testari, to call to witness
- intensity
- stronger than dislike, colder than rage
- usage tell
- shows up mostly in formal denunciations