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[syn: abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loathe \Loathe\, v. i.
To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loathe \Loathe\ (l[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed
(l[=o][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. l[=a][eth]ian
to hate. See Loath.]
1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
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Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
--Cowley.
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2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.
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The secret which I loathe. --Waller.
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She loathes the vital sir. --Dryden.
Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
loathe
v 1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
[syn: abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "loathe":
abhor, abominate, be hostile to, decline, despise, detest,
disapprove of, disfavor, dislike, disrelish, execrate, hate,
hold in abomination, mislike, not care for, refuse, reject,
repudiate, shrink from, shudder at, spurn, utterly detest