Usually means: Strongly dislikes, feels aversion towards.
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  1. detests: Merriam-Webster
  2. detests: Collins English Dictionary
  3. detests: Vocabulary.com
  4. detests: Wordnik
  5. detests: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. detests: Wiktionary
  7. detests: Dictionary.com
  8. detests: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. detests: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. detests: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (detest)

verb:  (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
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