loathing
noun
strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
loathingly
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a word derived from
loathing.
Example Sentences
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Each tries to avoid what Lila loathingly describes as the problem of “dissolving margins,” when “the outlines of people and things suddenly dissolved, disappeared.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2016
Frank’s policy legacy, as his friends said all day Monday, will rest on two pieces of legislation that voters either loathe, misunderstand, or loathingly misunderstand.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2011
He held his sword loathingly, and pushed the knight away.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Now, his routine upset, loathingly he kicked his heels.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
For all these reasons he had snarled loathingly at the man in white.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
