loathe
verb (used with object)
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor.
was loathing
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past progressiveof loathe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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There was loathing, and at the same time a kind of feverish excitement, in his voice.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
I did not fear him; it was loathing that made me recoil from him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
There was loathing in the glance she threw at Glendyn's body.
From Day of the Druid by Knut Enferd
Tough Pine, the guide, finding himself discovered, grinned sheepishly; he was loathing himself for being taken off guard, and muttered: "Me share fire? me helped keep it."
From The Place Beyond the Winds by Harry Spafford Potter
Within a day of his arrival in the Fixed Deposits he was loathing the place as earnestly as he had loathed it on the first morning.
From Psmith in the City by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
