Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To dislike (someone or something) greatly; abhor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To be hateful or loathed; excite nausea, disgust, or abhorrence.
- To feel nausea, disgust, or abhorrence.
- To dislike greatly; hate; abhor.
- To cause to dislike or avoid; disgust.
- To feel disgust at; especially, to have an extreme aversion to, as food or drink.
- Synonyms Hate, Abhor, Detest, etc. See hate.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
- v. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.
- v. obsolete To feel disgust or nausea.
WordNet 3.0
- v. find repugnant
Etymologies
- From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast ) (all reflexive), German leiden. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English lothen, from Old English lāthian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Jesus do I loathe it, I am all up for discussions on plots character development, the reasons behind the motives of the character, things that influenced the film or if the film is some sort of fable or allegory, but I friggin loathe how people can analyze great pieces of art, to smithereens.”
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“Yeah you probably right, but the hypocrisy and deceit of the Republicans which Americans loathe is simply unmatched!”
“The only POV I loathe is the first person that switches narrators.”
“What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type, the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots.”
“But for now, it's an unpopular law that took a divisive year to enact, that liberals and conservatives loathe, that is full of bureaucratic and fiscal IEDs, and that drained attention from dealing with the economy.”
“Governor Ritter (who few can call loathe to make his own decisions after this stunner) will accompany the superintendent cum senator on the tour.”
“Moore wants his viewers angry, not educated, and he represents what he claims to loathe, which is the triumph of imagery over substance.”
“And now that I know you 'loathe' cake decorating, I really appreciate how you still took the time to comment on my posts about it: D”
“It's a solid way to hone writing skills though, and I say "loathe" facetiously.”
“Perhaps "loathe" was politically too strong of a word even if accurately described how Tinker felt.”
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abound, technology, branch of knowled..., prognosticate, automaton, matron, an older married ..., realm, special field of ..., kingdom, annals, historical records and 981 more...
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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torturous, wreathe, tortuous, wreath, titivate, titillate, stationary, storey, septic, principal, principle, story and 134 more...
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voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, awe, buffoon, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron and 96 more...
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3/4 year Vocab List
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, awe, buffoon, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron and 96 more...
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Russian Doll Words
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taramea, tawings, tchicks, timider, tirades, tirings, towings, trailed, trailer, trained, trainee, trainer and 2373 more...
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abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 297 more...
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predilection, explicit, appeal, supplication, appealing, enchanting, ovation, pertinent, apropos, opportunely, applicable, germane and 381 more...
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obscure, pretentious, debacle, vintage, ostentatious, damsel, plethora, requiem, memoir, loathe, lackadaisical, misanthropic and 82 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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Do More Than Hate
A list of words for describing dislike, reproval or criticism.
belabor, malevolent, reprobate, ire, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignance, grame, scorn, geck and 23 more...
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abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1907 more...
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deviltry, visceral, cassanova, assuage, genesis, hot minute, osmosis, wistful, sublime, loathe, farfetched, newfangled and 283 more...
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voracious, indiscriminate, replete, steeped, eminent, perceive, intrepid, compound, automaton, reticent, interminable, drudgery and 288 more...
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yarb I frequently see or hear loathe where loth is meant. Oct 14, 2010
milosrdenstvi Today I was suddenly struck with the fear that I may have sometime in the past misspelt this word sans e. Oct 14, 2010