loathe

Meanings

• verb

  feel intense hatred for; detest

  - "I loathe liver and onions."
  - "He loathes spiders."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈloʊð/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

abhor , abominate , despise

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with loathe
hate , fate , mate , create , late

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Variants

List of all variants of loathe that leads to same result
loathe , loathed , loather , loathers , loathes , loathing , loath , loathness , loathnesses , loth

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Forms

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loathed (past tense), loathes (third person present), loatheth (archaic form)

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Etymology

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Old English hlātan, from hlōtan 'hate, detest'. Related to hlātan 'hate, detest' and hlāta 'hatred'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'loathe' is often used in poetry and literature to express strong feelings of dislike or hatred.

2. In the English language, 'loathe' is one of the few words that has a silent 't' in both the present tense and the past tense.

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Related Concepts

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1. hate: A strong feeling of dislike or aversion. 'Hate' is a synonym of 'loathe' and is a more common term.

2. detest: To feel intense hatred or aversion for. 'Detest' is a synonym of 'loathe' and is used to express a strong feeling of dislike.

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Quotes

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1. Pushing the table from him while he spoke, as though he "loathed" the sight of food, he encountered the watch: the hands of which were almost upon noon.

   - Charles Dickens,{it}Nicholas Nickleby{/it},1839

2. I "loathed" the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.

   - W. P. Kinsella,{it}Shoeless Joe{/it},1982

3. In fact, he was an energetic walker his whole life, but he "loathed" fresh-air fiends and he was rather stuck on the idea of being dissolute.

   - Paul Theroux,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},21 Apr. 1991

4. How I "loathed" the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.

   - Joseph Epstein,{it}The Middle of My Tether{/it},1983

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Culture

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In Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', the character Mercutio uses the word 'loathe' when describing Tybalt's anger towards Romeo: 'O, 'tis a bloody, forsworn villain! With a fine vengeance, I do hate him!'. The word 'loathe' is often used to express strong feelings of dislike or hatred.

How to Memorize "loathe"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a strong, negative emotion towards something or someone. Imagine your face scrunched up in disgust and your body filled with anger.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'loathe' with strong negative emotions, such as anger, disgust, and aversion.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Love Opposes All That Hates Everything'. This phrase can help you remember that 'loathe' means to hate or detest something.

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