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Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11.

Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.

To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.

The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Worthy; honorable; deserving. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. [R.] Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot on thy digressing son. Shak.

Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. Milton.

To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.] Live on the use and never dip thy lands. Dryden. Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. -- To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them…

Straightforwardly; honestly. I have dealt most directly in thy affair. Shak.

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Is. lvii. 20.

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

orrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." M. Arnold. Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings. Bp. Hall.

To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.

eliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." Drummond.

ate of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet Shak.