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.†
p. 13.9 *
- I spat out, and affirmed it tasted detestably — I would not take it on any account.†
p. 52.6
- 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.'†
p. 77.6
- You wouldn't think that I should cry at anything Joseph could say; but he and Hareton are detestable companions.†
p. 126.6
- you left it open; and those — those DETESTABLE creatures won't bring coals to the fire.†
p. 172.3
Definition:
deserving intense dislike