All 5 Uses of
detest
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- But it has always happened that the more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.'†
Chpt 2 *
- I have mentioned already that Grigory had detested Adelaida Ivanovna, the first wife of Fyodor Pavlovitch and the mother of Dmitri, and that he had, on the contrary, protected Sofya Ivanovna, the poor "crazy woman," against his master and any one who chanced to speak ill or lightly of her.†
Chpt 3
- I fancy that even among the Masons there's something of the same mystery at the bottom, and that that's why the Catholics so detest the Masons as their rivals breaking up the unity of the idea, while it is so essential that there should be one flock and one shepherd….†
Chpt 5
- She had detested him from the first because he was engaged to Katerina Ivanovna, while she had, for some reason, suddenly conceived the desire that Katerina Ivanovna should throw him over, and marry the "charming, chivalrously refined Ivan, who had such excellent manners."†
Chpt 8
- Mitya's manners she detested.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(detest) dislike intensely