Loathe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loathe \Loathe\, v. i.
     To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loathe
       v : find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn:
            {abhor}, {abominate}, {execrate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "loathe":
     abhor, abominate, be hostile to, decline, despise, detest,
     disapprove of, disfavor, dislike, disrelish, execrate, hate,
     hold in abomination, mislike, not care for, refuse, reject,
     repudiate, shrink from, shudder at, spurn, utterly detest