What does loathe mean?
Definitions for loathe
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word loathe.
Princeton's WordNet
abhor, loathe, abominate, execrateverb
find repugnant
"I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
Wiktionary
loatheverb
To hate, detest, revile.
Etymology: From lothe, from laþian. Cognate with Old Norse leiða ( > Danish lede, Icelandic leiðast ) (all reflexive), German leiden.
Webster Dictionary
Loatheverb
to feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for
Loatheverb
to dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate
Loatheverb
to feel disgust or nausea
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Loathe
lōth, v.t. to dislike greatly, to feel disgust at.—adj. Loath′ful, full of loathing, hate, or abhorrence: exciting loathing or disgust.—n. Loath′ing, extreme hate or disgust: abhorrence.—adj. hating.—adv. Loath′ingly.—adjs. Loath′ly, Loath′y (obs.), loathsome; Loath′some, exciting loathing or abhorrence: detestable.—adv. Loath′somely.—n. Loath′someness. [A.S. láðian—láð; cf. loath.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of loathe in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of loathe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of loathe in a Sentence
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
I loathe Michaeil Ward and his very existence because every breath Michaeil Ward gets to take is one breath more than my 15-year-old daughter was allowed to breathe, hadiya Pendleton is serving a death sentence handed down by Michaeil Ward and the family is doing life as a result of her death.
Sleep, those little slices of death, how I loathe them.
I loathe the expression What makes him tick. It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.
Nature does not loathe virtue it is unaware of its existence.
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- ošklivit, hnusitCzech
- afskyDanish
- verabscheuenGerman
- abomeniEsperanto
- detestarSpanish
- vihkama, jälestamaEstonian
- inhotaFinnish
- exécrerFrench
- fuathaichScottish Gaelic
- घृणा करनाHindi
- detestare, odiare, abominare, aborrireItalian
- 嫌うJapanese
- whakaetietiMāori
- verafschuwenDutch
- nienawidzićPolish
- detestarPortuguese
- выносить, ненавидеть, любитьRussian
- అసహ్యించుకొనుTelugu
- 厭惡Chinese
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