Loathe
11loathe — [lōth] vt. loathed, loathing [ME lothen < OE lathian, to be hateful < base of lath: see LOATH] to feel intense dislike, disgust, or hatred for; abhor; detest SYN. HATE loather n …
12loathe — UK [ləʊð] / US [loʊð] verb [transitive] Word forms loathe : present tense I/you/we/they loathe he/she/it loathes present participle loathing past tense loathed past participle loathed to dislike someone or something very much I loathe having to… …
13loathe — v. 1) to loathe deeply, intensely 2) (G) he loathes working * * * [ləʊð] intensely (G) he loathes working to loathe deeply …
14loathe — [[t]lo͟ʊð[/t]] loathes, loathing, loathed VERB If you loathe something or someone, you dislike them very much. [V n] The two men loathe each other... [V ing] She loathed being the child of impoverished labourers. Syn: detest …
15loathe — verb (transitive not in progressive) to hate someone or something very much: Lucinda loathes spiders. | loathe doing sth: I absolutely loathe travelling …
16loathe — loather, n. /lohdh/, v.t., loathed, loathing. to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip. [bef. 900; ME loth(i)en, lath(i)en, OE lathian, deriv. of lath LOATH] Syn. detest, abominate, hate. Ant.… …
17loathe — verb /ˈləʊð,ˈloʊð/ To hate, detest, revile. I loathe scrubbing toilets. Syn: hate, detest …
18loathe — See loath, loathe …
19loathe — [OE] Loathe originated as a derivative of the adjective loath or loth [OE]. This originally meant ‘hostile’ or ‘loathsome’, and goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *laithaz, which also produced Swedish led ‘fed up’ and German leid ‘sorrow’, and… …
20loathe — verb I loathe their so called music Syn: hate, detest, abhor, execrate, have a strong aversion to, feel repugnance toward, not be able to bear/stand, be repelled by See note at despise Ant: love …
