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
"Things are looking in a very bad way for you, Mr. Mallalieu," he whispered, when he was closeted with Mallalieu in the little room which the captive now hated fiercely and loathingly.
From The Borough Treasurer by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
For all these reasons he had snarled loathingly at the man in white.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
