loathe
verb (used with object)
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor.
were 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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“I think even as a lot of feminists cheered her on during that performance, we were loathing her actual policies,” she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2015
Do not reject the calm rest and peacefulness, which such love will bring to thee, though now thou feelest as if the very thought were loathing.
From The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar
