Loathe

  • 21loathe — [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… …

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  • 22loathe / loath —    Loathe is a verb meaning to detest or dislike greatly : Janice loathes animal cruelty.    Loath is an adjective meaning reluctant, unwilling : Lance was loath to ask for an extension on his term paper that semester …

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  • 23loathe / loath —    Loathe is a verb meaning to detest or dislike greatly : Janice loathes animal cruelty.    Loath is an adjective meaning reluctant, unwilling : Lance was loath to ask for an extension on his term paper that semester …

    Confused words

  • 24loathe — transitive verb (loathed; loathing) Etymology: Middle English lothen, from Old English lāthian to dislike, be hateful, from lāth Date: 12th century to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance ; detest Synonyms: see hate • loather… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25loathe — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26loathe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. detest, abhor, abominate. See hate. Ant., love. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hate, abhor, detest, abominate; see dislike , hate 1 . See Synonym Study at hate . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dislike …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27loathe — ləʊð v. hate, despise, detest, abhor …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28loathe — [ləʊδ] verb feel hatred or disgust for. Derivatives loather noun Origin OE lāthian, of Gmc origin; related to loath …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29loathe — v. a. 1. Feel disgust at, feel nausea at. 2. Abhor, detest, hate, abominate, feel disgust at, shrink from, recoil from …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30loathe — v 1. abhor, abominate, execrate, detest, despise; hate, feel an aversion to, feel hostile toward, not be able to bear or abide, shudder at, shrink from, recoil from, blench from; contempt, scorn, anathematize, misprize; dislike, disrelish. 2.… …

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