loather
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- noun
- /ˈloʊðər/
:
odiador
- It's hard for me to imagine most voters, other than Democratic Party partisans or Romney-loathers, are feeling enthusiastic about the president's re-election.
- a self-loather
Examples
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He is a passionate loather of injustice and speaks out against it whenever he can.
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If I were a loather, I’d tell you what I’d do: I would quit my loathing and work on that building, too.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I am a self loather and it is my biggest thing that I deal with.
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Almost as much of a loather as my father was.
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Self-loather.
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The speed at which these kinds of hardcore lady-loathers can switch gears from kid=blessing to kid=punishment is truly remarkable.
Blog text (13) -
As a notorious loather of social media, she prefers to communicate face-to-face.
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Many environmentalists are loathers of plastic pollution and advocate for stricter regulations.
Synonyms
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5.2
A person who often says bad things about people or things they dislike
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9.2
A person who strongly fears or dislikes a specific thing, for example a group
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7.0
A person who strongly dislikes others or thinks they are not important
A person who hates someone or something very much
A person who does not like someone or something
Antonyms
How Hateful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loather comes from the verb loathe, which means 'to hate' or 'to feel strong dislike', plus the ending -er meaning 'a person who'. So a loather is a person who hates or strongly dislikes someone or something.