Loathe \Loathe\ (l[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed
(l[=o][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. l[=a][eth]ian
to hate. See Loath.]
1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
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Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
--Cowley.
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2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.
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The secret which I loathe. --Waller.
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She loathes the vital sir. --Dryden.
Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Loathing \Loath"ing\, n.
Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence,
or detestation.
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The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races.
--Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
loathing
n : hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination,
detestation, execration, odium]
WordNet (r) 2.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "loathing":
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abhorrent, abomination,
allergy, antagonism, anti-Semitism, antipathy, averse to, aversion,
bigotry, cold sweat, creeping flesh, despitefulness, detestation,
disgust, disgusted, dislike, enmity, execration, hate, hating,
hatred, horror, hostility, malevolence, malice, malignity,
misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, mortal horror, nausea, odium,
race hatred, racism, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, shuddering,
spite, spitefulness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobia
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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