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verb

Loathe v. t. (past & past part. loathed; pres. part. loathing)

To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. "Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread."

To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest. "The secret which I loathe." "She loathes the vital sir."

Synonyms: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.

Loathe v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Loathe" Quotes from Famous Books

... do? You be judge! Look at us, Edith! Here are we both! Give him his six whole years: I grudge None of the life with you, nay, loathe Myself that I grudged his start in advance Of me who could overtake and pass. But, as if he loved you! No, not he, Nor anyone else in the world, ...

— Browning's Heroines • Ethel Colburn Mayne

... rancour of their castes and creeds, I let men worship as they will, I reap No revenue from the field of unbelief. I cull from every faith and race the best And bravest soul for counsellor and friend. I loathe the very name of infidel. I stagger at the Koran and the sword. I shudder at the ...

— Bulgaria • Frank Fox

... My senses loathe their living death— The coffined garb the city wears! I draw through sighs my heavy breath, And pine till lengths of wood and heath Blow over ...

— Continental Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 4 • Various

... blackness of her hair, but that is a beauty which any woman might envy. No, no, she cannot be a slave. Her singular style of beauty forbids the thought; besides, she is not an uneducated person, and there is a certain subtle grace in her movements that I cannot resist admiring, and yet loathe. This is strange. Why is the girl so constantly in my thoughts? Yesterday I spoke to Mrs. Harrington about her, for my curiosity became irresistible. She is a slave, a new purchase of Gen. Harrington's, and the personal servant of his wife. Mrs. Harrington smiled in her usual contented way, ...

— Mabel's Mistake • Ann S. Stephens

... morning from a foraging expedition. Rostov in his cadet uniform, with a jerk to his horse, rode up to the porch, swung his leg over the saddle with a supple youthful movement, stood for a moment in the stirrup as if loathe to part from his horse, and at last sprang down and ...

— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy

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