loathed; loathing
loather
noun
Examples of loathe in a Sentence
In fact, he was an energetic walker his whole life, but he loathed fresh-air fiends and he was rather stuck on the idea of being dissolute.
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Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 21 Apr. 1991
How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.
—W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
Pushing the table from him while he spoke, as though he loathed the sight of food, he encountered the watch: the hands of which were almost upon noon.
—Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
I loathe having to do this.
It was a habit his wife loathed.
Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 21 Apr. 1991
How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.
—W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
Pushing the table from him while he spoke, as though he loathed the sight of food, he encountered the watch: the hands of which were almost upon noon.
—Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
I loathe having to do this.
It was a habit his wife loathed.
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After Trump won, partially thanks to that hard-line border security message, Democrats fiercely opposed his promise to build a border wall and his even more controversial — and loathed by voters — policy separating families at the border.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet Democrats have been the party most publicly wringing their hands about the threat Stein and others pose, loathe to relive their past traumas.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Between the lines: Trump and Obama loathe each other, and the attacks between them veer into race-baiting and schoolyard taunts.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Many of the refugees loathe Hezbollah, which sent its fighters to bolster the Syrian regime during that country’s brutal civil war.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet Democrats have been the party most publicly wringing their hands about the threat Stein and others pose, loathe to relive their past traumas.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Between the lines: Trump and Obama loathe each other, and the attacks between them veer into race-baiting and schoolyard taunts.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Many of the refugees loathe Hezbollah, which sent its fighters to bolster the Syrian regime during that country’s brutal civil war.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Loathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathe. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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loathe
verb
loathed; loathing
: to feel extreme disgust for or at
loathe the smell of burning rubber
loather
noun
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