All 5 Uses of
detestable
in
Wuthering Heights
- Hindley is a detestable substitute — his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious — H. and I are going to rebel — we took our initiatory step this evening.†
Chpt 3 *
- I spat out, and affirmed it tasted detestably — I would not take it on any account.†
Chpt 9
- You'd hear of odd things if I lived alone with that mawkish, waxen face: the most ordinary would be painting on its white the colours of the rainbow, and turning the blue eyes black, every day or two: they detestably resemble Linton's.'†
Chpt 10
- You wouldn't think that I should cry at anything Joseph could say; but he and Hareton are detestable companions.†
Chpt 17
- 'Will you shut the door, if you please? you left it open; and those — those DETESTABLE creatures won't bring coals to the fire.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(detestable) deserving intense dislike