loathe

[loathe]

If you loathe someone or something, you hate them very much. You might not choose to eat raw carrots if you dislike them, but if you loathe them, you might have a hard time even having them on your plate.

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To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

Verb
find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"


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.


Loathe

Loathe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. l'beian to hate. See Loath.] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
The secret which I loathe.
She loathes the vital sir.
Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.

Loathe

Loathe, v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]

To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

To feel disgust or nausea.

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Usage Examples

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.

It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail.

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Other Usage Examples

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.

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