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Meanings of loathing in English

Portuguese
aversão
Catalan
repugnància
Spanish
horror

Hate coupled with disgust.

        aversão
        Usage of loathing in English
        1
        Harris: In comedy, a fair amount of self-loathing makes you work harder.
        Reuters
        2
        She had also quickly developed a loathing for Nelson and his 'art'.
        Zero Point
        3
        Words seem irrelevant, so much more fuel for the self-loathing and despair.
        Brave girl eating: a family's struggle with anorexia
        4
        Contempt is still in his eye, and loathing hideth in his mouth.
        Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
        5
        The loathing which Nekhludoff felt increased with the reading of the description.
        The Awakening / (The Resurrection)
        6
        An uncontrollable loathing for the woman urged him on; conscience was disregarded.
        Up in Ardmuirland
        7
        Fear and loathing are reflexive responses to the internet among newspaper operators.
        Reuters
        8
        They produced in Maskull the same sensation of loathing as insects did.
        A Voyage to Arcturus
        9
        The fact that he wanted her sexually only made his loathing stronger.
        Mistress of the game
        10
        Free love in the promiscuous sense is no uglier than coupled loathing.
        We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
        11
        The clergy of the Catholic Church were regarded with loathing and contempt.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
        12
        And she had no idea when she'd stopped loathing him so much.
        Throne of Glass
        13
        The giant, loathing the little mouse-like ball of fur, chose the shrike.
        Openings in the Old Trail
        14
        She did not love him; too often his presence caused her loathing.
        Demos
        15
        By which I mean more than 25 stone and crippled by self-loathing.
        The Guardian
        16
        Political apathy was unheard of and he grew up loathing the conservatives.
        The draining lake
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