loathing
strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
Origin of loathing
1synonym study For loathing
Other words for loathing
Other words from loathing
- loath·ing·ly, adverb
- self-loath·ing, adjective, noun
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How to use loathing in a sentence
That’s because our country is in the middle of an uncivil war, full of partisan rancor and loathing.
Why Did Republicans Outperform The Polls Again? Two Theories. | Emily Ekins (eekins@cato.org) | March 2, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightHe’s horrid, except that he’s nice and willing to stay yoked to this woman bristling with anxieties, loathings and yearnings.
‘Burnt Sugar,’ a challenging Booker Prize finalist, is hard to take, but harder to shake off | Ron Charles | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe leftoversBoth love and loathing of leftovers are as old as Thanksgiving itself.
She has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges).
'BoJack Horseman': The Debauched Tales of a Drunken, Groupie-Sexing D-List Horse, Hits Netflix | Marlow Stern | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe see, over and over again, his self-loathing over crying in front of family and friends.
Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard | Ted Gioia | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Fugelsang quipped: “Comics are bitter misogynist self-loathing drunks, and Congress already has already hit their quota of those.”
Why so many people are so eager to flaunt their musical bona fides by loathing Coldplay.
Why Is It Cool to Hate Coldplay? A First Listen of New Album ‘Ghost Stories’ | Andrew Romano | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt must also have deepened a certain self-loathing he is bound to have had over his inability to acquire a girlfriend.
Beethoven in Love: The Woman Who Captivated the Young Composer | John Suchet | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThus was he spared the look of utter loathing, of unconquerable, irrepressible disgust that leapt into her countenance.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniShe had seen her advantage in his loathing of the proposed union with Tressan, and she had used it to the full.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniWhy did Ricetto, Bruno and Servetus in the hour of martyrdom turn with loathing from that sacred emblem, the crucifix?
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardWith loathing and contempt Maxgregor indicated the bed on which the King of Asturia was lying.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteWith a look of intense loathing the queen bent down and laid her head on the sleeper's breast.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
British Dictionary definitions for loathing
/ (ˈləʊðɪŋ) /
abhorrence; disgust
Derived forms of loathing
- loathingly, adverb
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