to loathe
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5.3
- verb
- /loʊð/
:
detestar
- She loathes waking up early for work every day.
Let me remind you that I loathe looking foolish.
- Let me remind you that I loathe looking foolish.
- You know you loathe inanimate objects.
- You know, there's a level of like I don't, I don't loathe myself, but I don't love myself.
- I despise, I loathe my social media habits.
- So JK Rowling said for some to love you, some must loathe you.
- He is loathed by most establishment Republicans.
- The closer to hospitals, the more they mutually loathe each other.
- Even if we loathe and despise and and fear that message.
- And that is why, that is why we now have a Supreme Court that she loathes.
- So I know that you loathe and avoid generalizations with good reason.
- So to cover up for Donald Trump, a man you loathe, you're going to raise your right hand and lie to God.
- No thousand in second night, No curse for the only president I ever truly loathed.
Examples
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I truly loathe this place.
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No, I am beginning to loathe the whole business.
Academic text (2000) -
Most of the ones I know absolutely loathe their clients, and with good reason.
Blog text (5) -
There are still a lot of us left here who loathe the way things are.
Blog text (7) -
And in fact, they, they actively loathe what Britain stands for.
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You know, I loathe the politicization of everything.
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They know what the world is like and they absolutely loathe their government.
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I don't actually loathe you.
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If there's one thing I loathe, it's that innocent virgin look you put on your face!
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I loathe rabbits.
Synonyms
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1.0
To feel a very strong dislike for someone or something
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3.2
Strongly dislike and be unable to bear something or someone
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1.0
To not like someone or something strongly
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4.9
To strongly dislike and have no respect for someone or something
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3.5
To feel a very strong dislike for someone or something
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7.8
To hate something very much
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9.4
To hate something very strongly
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9.9
To strongly hate and say someone or something is very bad
To dislike someone or something
To feel dislike for something or make someone dislike it
Antonyms
How Disgusted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loathe comes from an old English word that meant 'hatred' or 'disgust'. Think of the adjective loath ('not willing'); if you are loath to do something you strongly dislike it, so to loathe something is to feel deep dislike or disgust for it.