Both Uses of
detestable
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable.†
p. 9..5 *
- It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.†
p. 12..6
Definition:
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(detestable) deserving intense dislike