LOATHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loathe mean? 

• LOATHE (verb)
  The verb LOATHE has 1 sense:

1. find repugnant

  Familiarity information: LOATHE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOATHE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they loathe    ... he / she / it loathes   
Past simple: loathed   
Past participle: loathed   
-ing form: loathing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Find repugnant

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

abhor; abominate; execrate; loathe

Context example:

She abhors cats

Hypernyms (to "loathe" is one way to...):

detest; hate (dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot loathe Sue
They loathe moving
Sam and Sue loathe the movie

Derivation:

loather (one who hates or loathes)

loathing (hate coupled with disgust)

 Context examples 

I need not say that he was loathed and avoided by every one of his neighbours, and that I have not heard one single word of sorrow about his terrible end.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Their hearts loathed them, and in the fashion of our country their lips said what the heart felt.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She said to me very sweetly:—'I cannot tell you how I loathe talking about myself.'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At these moments I often endeavoured to put an end to the existence I loathed, and it required unceasing attendance and vigilance to restrain me from committing some dreadful act of violence.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Oh, I shall loathe my lips forever!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A third week went by, and Martin loathed himself, and loathed life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I could, however, see that his face was deadly pale and filled with horror and loathing.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I cannot tell you the loathing and horror with which this insignificant-looking man inspired me.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She gave no sign that she had heard, though the expression of her eyes changed to one of inexpressible loathing as she started to turn away.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)