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It is loathed by some critics who find it patronizing, silly, and superficial.
'The Newsroom' Ended As It Began: Weird, Controversial, and Noble|Kevin Fallon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Never mind that the actual Steve Jobs loathed school for much of his childhood.
Are U.S. Kids Creative Enough?|Amanda Ripley|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The issue for the people of Egypt is that the security apparatus they loathed under Mubarak is still in place.
Forget Mubarak|Christopher Dickey, Mike Giglio|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The woman who took no nonsense from a cabinet of quivering, jelly-kneed men, some of whom loved her, some of whom loathed her.
How Margaret Thatcher Transformed British Politics|Tunku Varadarajan|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The truth is, Ram Singh was too loathed a man for answers to be diligently sought.
Cheated by Death: No Euphoria in Ram Singh’s Hanging|Dilip D’Souza|March 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In a cloudy way he loathed the groom, and was foggily wondering why.
The President|Alfred Henry Lewis
Barker, on the contrary, scorned and loathed Trafalgar Square, and laughed at its art.
The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray
He never intrigued for the restoration of the monarchy, or even for the overthrow of that Republic which he loathed.
El Dorado|Baroness Orczy
As he loathed life in the country, it was not he who would enjoy its luxury, but his wife and her child.
The Shuttle|Frances Hodgson Burnett
She had the additional pang of knowing that habit and temper often made her a partaker of the odious sentiments which she loathed.
Hester, Volume 1 (of 3)|Margaret Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for loathed

loathe

/ (ləʊð) /

verb

(tr) to feel strong hatred or disgust for

Derived Formsloather, noun

Word Origin for loathe

Old English lāthiān, from loath

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Word Origin and History for loathed

loathe

Old English laðian "to hate, to be disgusted with," from lað "hostile" (see loath). Cognate with Old Saxon lethon, Old Norse leiða. Related: Loathed; loathing.

loathe

verb (used with object), loathed, loath·ing.

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