Both Uses of
detest
in
Heart of Darkness
- You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appalls me.†
Chpt 1 *
- There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies,—which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world—what I want to forget.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(detest) dislike intensely