DictionaryloatheIntense dislike
verb

loathe

LOHTH/ləʊð/

To feel intense dislike or disgust toward.

The gardener loathes the litter scattered across the flower bed.

Older white gardener recoils with intense dislike from litter dumped among flowers.
Etymology

Old English laðian meant to be hateful or displeasing. The modern meaning reverses the perspective: to loathe something is to feel the hatred or disgust, rather than cause it.

In context

Prof. Sam Vaknin26:07
if you hate your self you can't be your self you can't be someone you hate you can't be something you loathe
Pseudoidentities in Cluster B Personality Disorders: Spectacle and Simulacra

More examples

  • She loathed dishonesty.
  • He is loathing every minute of the delay.
  • They loathe unnecessary cruelty.

Forms

loathe · loathes · loathed · loathing

loathing noun — intense dislike

Similar words

hate
The general term for intense dislike.
detest
A close equivalent with similarly strong aversion.