All 3 Uses of
detest
in
Babbitt
- He sulkily admitted now that there was no more escape, but he lay and detested the grind of the real-estate business, and disliked his family, and disliked himself for disliking them.†
Chpt 1detested = disliked intensely
- With the solemn face of a devotee, breathing heavily through his open mouth, he plodded nightly through every picture, and during the rite he detested interruptions.†
Chpt 6 *
- Even while he detested his own thoughts, they rode him.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
dislike intensely