What does loathing mean?

Definitions for loathing
ˈloʊ ðɪŋloathing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odiumnoun

    hate coupled with disgust

Wiktionary

  1. loathingnoun

    Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

    The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

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  1. loathing

    Loathing is a strong feeling of intense dislike, disgust, or extreme aversion towards someone or something. It's a deep-seated emotion beyond mere disapproval or disagreement, often evoking a sense of revulsion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loathing

    of Loathe

  2. Loathingnoun

    extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of loathing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of loathing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of loathing in a Sentence

  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

    In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.

  2. Kurt Vonnegut:

    Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

  3. Jennifer Garner:

    In all honestly I have never wanted to do anything less, and I have never regretted saying yes to anything more than speaking to all of you, writing this speech has made me examine my life choices. It has made me gain five pounds... I have experienced an unhealthy level of self-loathing. I have even hated on Steve Carrell, Denison University alum [ actor ] Steve Carrell. I feel like Steve Carrell graduated 10 years before me, Steve Carrell should have had to do this first. I mean, Steve Carrell was in' The Office.'.

  4. Greg Gutfeld:

    Michael Avenatti, this lawyer we just heard about today – we did not party with him and there are no pictures of us with Don Lemon in The Hamptons – but he just went to jail and we are so happy he went to jail, they pushed this guy on America and … they were deluded by their delusional loathing of Donald Trump.

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