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loathe

UK/ˈləʊð//ˈloʊð/

loathe verb: to detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).

loathe: boy in white shirt looking up
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Verb

loathe (third-person singular simple present loathes, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)

  1. (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
    • I loathe scrubbing toilets.
    • I absolutely loathe this place.
    Synonyms:
    abhor, abominate, despise
  2. (obsolete) To induce or inspire disgust (in a person)
    • How heartily he serves me! his face loathes one,
      But look upon his care, who would not love him?1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act V, signature H2, verso

loathe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

loathe in Tamil

to loathe, detest; to feel repugnant about
குமட்டு kumaṭṭu

loathe in Urdu

شدید نفرت کرنا

loathe in Bengali

ঘৃণা করা, অত্যন্ত অপছন্দ করা

loathe in Telugu

to detest, hate, revile
అసహ్యించుకొను asahyiñcukonu
More languagesFewer languages
loathe in Malayalam
വെറുക്കുക veṟukkuka
loathe in Kannada
ಅಸಹ್ಯಪಡು, ಜುಗುಪ್ಸೆಪಡು, ದ್ವೇಷಿಸು, ಹೇಸು
loathe in Persian
متنفر بودن motenaffer budan

Examples of loathe in a sentence

  • Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnet XXXII”, in Sonnets from the Portuguese:
  • This movie is a historical achievement: Clint Eastwood, an icon of violence, has made us loathe violence as an obscenity.2003 October 13, The New Yorker:
  • She understands me like you did / She really loves me / I'm a saint living in sin / Oh, she really loathes me2021 October 8, Will Yip, Alexia Roditis, Narsai Malik, Violet Mayugba, “Drink”, in Open Mouth, Open Heart, performed by Destroy Boys:

All 31 example sentences with loathe

Synonyms of loathe

Forms of loathe

third-person singular presentloathes
present participleloathing
past participleloathed
pastloathed
alternative formloath

Past tense of loathe: loathed

Origin of loathe

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.

Words formed from loathe

Words that rhyme with loathe

Questions about loathe

What does loathe mean?
Loathe means to detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
What is loathe in Tamil?
Loathe in Tamil is குமட்டு (kumaṭṭu). See Loathe meaning in Tamil.
How do you use loathe in a sentence?
Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe
What part of speech is loathe?
Loathe is a verb.
How do you pronounce loathe?
Loathe is pronounced /ˈləʊð/ (UK).
What is the past tense of loathe?
The past tense of loathe is loathed.

Words near loathe in the dictionary

  1. loasaceous
  2. loasas
  3. loasis
  4. loath
  5. loathable
  6. loathe
  7. loathe-worthy
  8. loathed
  9. loathedness
  10. loathedst
  11. loather

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: loathe (page history and authors); குமட்டு (Tamil) (page history and authors); loathe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Loathe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loathe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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