Term Gallery logo

Meanings of loathe in English

Portuguese
abominar
Catalan
abominar
Spanish
abominar

To detest on a high degree; to hate completely.

abominar

To shrink back with shuddering from something.

Synonyms
Examples for "abhor"
Examples for "abhor"
1
These streets are rectangular; the streets of Cambridge abhor the straight line.
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
2
He did not abhor the company of rich men; he sought it.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
3
I abhor myself; a toad is not so vile as I am.
The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
4
Sir, we abhor the idea of making a conquest of our countrymen.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)
5
We both love the Constitution, respect the King, and abhor the French.
Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays
1
The Greenlander detests turtle soup as much as we abominate train oil.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
2
Frankly, I used you as an illustration of the evils I abominate.'
The Odd Women
3
I abominate all men; I abominate them, because I know them so well.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
4
I must interrupt the passage, most fervently to deprecate and abominate the sequel:-
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)
5
As for the Women students, they one and all abominate it.
On The Art of Reading
1
One learns in these aged lands to hate and execrate the past.
Venetian Life
2
Not a few men secretly admire though publicly execrate the Lawton type.
The Poisoned Pen
3
Should he execrate her, or her venerable grandmother, or some unknown person?
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
4
Then he would glare at Ruth impatiently and execrate the squeamishness of women.
Told in the East
5
These execrate him as the full-grown Golden Calf of heathenish worship.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
Usage of loathe in English
1
And by that we mean really love it or really loathe it.
News.com.au
2
I loathe him with all my heart; but I fear him also.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
3
It is the kind of transactional politics Americans have come to loathe.
The Guardian
4
That's the thing about wit: you either love it or loathe it.
The Guardian
5
The Japanese are loathe to bother anyone, and introverts share this value.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
6
France may prove particularly loathe to give up its influence on EADS.
Reuters
7
They loathe the Marxists and want a more... a tighter Islamic law.
The clouds beneath the sun
8
But the truth is I escaped to Oman because I loathe Christmas.
The Irish Times
9
Love them or loathe them, drones are in full flight these days.
The Irish Times
10
Most wokers loathe performance reviews but researchers say don't ditch them completely.
Radio NZ
11
It reconnected me with all that I love and loathe about Ireland.
The Irish Times
12
I always take my meals in a restaurant, because I loathe boarding-houses.
Atlantis
13
But they're not everyone's cup of tea; lots of people loathe them.
Radio NZ
14
I loathe it, I curse it because it separates us for life.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
15
I hate the place, I loathe it like a hobo hates water.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
16
I seem to loathe as much as I loved the jabbering idiot.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
About this term
More collocations
Translations for loathe
Loathe through the time
Loathe across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common