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lothe

lothe is the obsolete form of loathe.

Meaning of loathe

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.
    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

Forms of lothe

third-person singular presentlothes
present participlelothing
past participlelothed
pastlothed

Questions about lothe

What is lothe the obsolete form of?
Lothe is the obsolete form of loathe.

Words near lothe in the dictionary

  1. Lotharingians
  2. lothario
  3. lotharios
  4. lotharmeyerite
  5. Lothbeg
  6. lothe
  7. lothefull
  8. lother
  9. lothest
  10. lothfull
  11. Lothian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lothe (page history and authors); loathe (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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