Loathe
[ləʊð] or [loð]
Definition
(v. t.) To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
(v. t.) To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
(v. i.) To feel disgust or nausea.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Abhor, detest, hate, nauseate, abominate, feel disgust at, shrink from, recoil from.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ABOMINATE]
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Definition
v.t. to dislike greatly to feel disgust at.—adj. Loath′ful full of loathing hate or abhorrence: exciting loathing or disgust.—n. Loath′ing extreme hate or disgust: abhorrence.—adj. hating.—adv. Loath′ingly.—adjs. Loath′ly Loath′y (obs.) loathsome; Loath′some exciting loathing or abhorrence: detestable.—adv. Loath′somely.—n. Loath′someness.
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Examples
- We hate and loathe these veritable fiends, he smiled again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We live in filth, and grow loathsome, till we loathe ourselves! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I have taught them to love work and loathe idleness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I loathe and fear him more than I can say. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I should loathe the man to whom I sold myself without love, whomsoever he might be. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I loathe myself as a human being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I loathe and hate it now, but I cannot leave it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I still loathed my bed in the school dormitory more than words can express: I clung to whatever could distract thought. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And she loathed it, the sordid, too-familiar place! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She loathed its atmosphere of petty vice and petty jealousy and petty art. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She loathed the man with whiskers round his face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Martin, having known the taste of excitement, wanted a second draught; having felt the dignity of power, he loathed to relinquish it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sincerely as I loathed the man, the prodigious strength of his character, even in its most trivial aspects, impressed me in spite of myself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I wished to do right, yet loathed to grieve or injure him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A man cannot be condemned for a murder at which he was not present, and which he loathes and abhors as much as you do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Unutterable loathing of a desolate existence past, forbade return. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Tublat's little, close-set, bloodshot, pig-eyes shot wicked gleams of hate as they fell upon the object of his loathing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was dynamic hatred and loathing, coming strong and black out of the unconsciousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gudrun looked at her in silent loathing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But in loathing myself I may, I own, be unjust to you, my poor wife. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Or would he pity me, and understand me, and save me from loathing myself? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I cannot tell you the loathing and horror with which this insignificant-looking man inspired me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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