Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).

    I loathe scrubbing toilets.

    I absolutely loathe this place.

    verabscheuen, ablehnen, hassen

    ненави́детьnenavídetʹ, не выноси́тьne vynosítʹ, не люби́тьne ljubítʹ

    нена́видітиnenávydity

  2. (obsolete)To induce or inspire disgust (in a person)

More definitions
  • find repugnant

Examples

30 sentences

  1. My neighbors loathe me.

    Сусіди мене ненавидять. — deniko

    ruСоседи меня ненавидят. — marafon

    deMeine Nachbarn verachten mich. — Waldelfe

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  2. Sami developed loathing for his family.

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  3. Tom was filled with self-loathing.

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  4. No, not loathe, I abhor it.

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  5. I loathe mosquitoes with a passion.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to detest, hate, revile:
Русский
By meaning 1
to detest, hate, revile:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to detest, hate, revile:

Origin

From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from

From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid.

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Forms

loathes, loathing, loathed, loathed
Base formloathe · to loathe
3rd person singularloathes
Present participleloathing
Past simpleloathed
Past participleloathed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyloathe
he, she, itloathes

Past simpleLesson

all personsloathed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave loathed
he, she, ithas loathed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill loathe

Synonyms

4 synonyms
abhorC2despiseB2abominate
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Relatedloathlothloatherloathing
Derivedloathableloathe-worthyloathsomeself-loathing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
loamloanB2loanwordloathsomeloblobbyB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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