Both Uses of
detest
in
Great Expectations
- My reason is to be found in what took place in Mr. Pumblechook's parlor: where, on our presenting ourselves, my sister sat in conference with that detested seedsman.†
Chpt 13 *
- I detested the chambers beyond expression at that period of repentance, and could not endure the sight of the Avenger's livery; which had a more expensive and a less remunerative appearance then than at any other time in the four-and-twenty hours.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(detest) dislike intensely