loathe

[ lohth ]
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verb (used with object),loathed, loath·ing.
  1. to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.

Origin of loathe

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English loth(i)en, lath(i)en, Old English lāthian, derivative of lāth loath

Other words for loathe

Opposites for loathe

Other words from loathe

  • loather, noun
  • un·loathed, adjective

Words that may be confused with loathe

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How to use loathe in a sentence

  • I'd go and speak to Brodrick to-morrow, only he loathes the sight of me, and I can't blame him, poor devil.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Where you really want to come out is at the fact that Nanda loathes me and that I might as well give up asking for her.

    The Awkward Age | Henry James
  • But the Osseous despises, hates and loathes—and keeps on for years after every one else has forgotten all about it.

    How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • But Sordello loathes the task: he will not sing at all, and runs away to Goïto.

    The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe
  • He loathes the war, and the grandiloquent speeches of politicians irritate him by their failure to realize how loathesome war is.

    A Student in Arms | Donald Hankey

British Dictionary definitions for loathe

loathe

/ (ləʊð) /


verb
  1. (tr) to feel strong hatred or disgust for

Origin of loathe

1
Old English lāthiān, from loath

Derived forms of loathe

  • loather, noun

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