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词汇 loathe
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Definition of loathe in English:

loathe

verb ləʊðloʊð
[with object]
  • Feel intense dislike or disgust for.

    憎恶

    she loathed him on sight

    她一见到他就感到厌恶。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I don't think she actually dislikes the new neighbors so much as she loathes the realtor who sold them their homes.
    • She loathes Hollywood, finds it distasteful and banal, hates the idea of her art being tainted by commerce.
    • It surprised her how last Autumn, she had loathed the very sight of him.
    • An intensely private man, he loathes the press and hates media criticism.
    • We spent too much money on people that hate us and loathe us and want us out of their country.
    • We got along when she was sober, but otherwise we despised and loathed one another.
    • She loathes negative space, filling every millimeter of every panel with shading or detail.
    • Queen Mary, who loathes sentiment, is obsessed with pruning and especially hates ivy.
    • Because it's small, no one loathes it the way they hate the big-box stores that sit like pharonic mausoleums in a blacktop desert.
    • She despises the old order, but equally fears and loathes the new lack of order.
    • If her daughter ends up loathing her she has nobody but herself to blame.
    • The audience finds themselves sympathising with and loathing the character at the same time.
    • First of all, he loathed the sight of the woman who didn't show a trace of sensitivity on the situation.
    • It wasn't too long ago that it was more of a case of loathe him or hate him and I certainly was no different.
    • Truly, they are now loathed and despised in newspapers across the world.
    • The anti-globalization left, which abhors property rights of any kind, loathes patents, and quickly found a weak spot in the case of health.
    • Naturally, and by tradition, this means it's always been loathed and despised by the rest of Scotland.
    • I drove all the way because I loathe the tube with ever more intense venom.
    • They learn to harness their powers and fight for the very world which hates and loathes them.
    • He loathes war and militarism, and despises chauvinism in every form.
    Synonyms
    hate, detest, abhor, despise, abominate, dislike greatly, execrate
    have a strong aversion to, feel repugnance towards, not be able to bear, not be able to stand, shrink from, recoil from, be repelled by, be unable to stomach, find intolerable
    hatred, hate, detestation, abhorrence, abomination, execration, odium
    antipathy, dislike, hostility, animosity, ill will, ill feeling, bad feeling, malice, animus, enmity, aversion
    repugnance, disgust, revulsion
    informal yuck factor

Derivatives

  • loather

  • noun
    • If we look at racism then, despite all the self loathers, there is a good deal less racism nowadays than when I was a teenager.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's so light and tasty, I've even convinced avid spinach loathers.
      • The man is not a comic artist; he's an American loather with a couple of markers and a bloated sense of self importance.
      • It seemed absurd in many ways, yet I was trying my hardest to keep in step with the my fellow loathers and any slip off the edge of anti-Americanism would get me a tongue lashing from one person or another.
      • And whether you're young or old, whether you're a law lover or a law loather, do contact your local Law Society for activities this week.

Origin

Old English lāthian, of Germanic origin; related to loath.

Rhymes

betroth, clothe

Definition of loathe in US English:

loathe

verbloʊðlōT͟H
[with object]
  • Feel intense dislike or disgust for.

    憎恶

    she loathed him on sight

    她一见到他就感到厌恶。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She loathes negative space, filling every millimeter of every panel with shading or detail.
    • It wasn't too long ago that it was more of a case of loathe him or hate him and I certainly was no different.
    • The audience finds themselves sympathising with and loathing the character at the same time.
    • Truly, they are now loathed and despised in newspapers across the world.
    • An intensely private man, he loathes the press and hates media criticism.
    • She despises the old order, but equally fears and loathes the new lack of order.
    • We got along when she was sober, but otherwise we despised and loathed one another.
    • They learn to harness their powers and fight for the very world which hates and loathes them.
    • She loathes Hollywood, finds it distasteful and banal, hates the idea of her art being tainted by commerce.
    • We spent too much money on people that hate us and loathe us and want us out of their country.
    • I drove all the way because I loathe the tube with ever more intense venom.
    • The anti-globalization left, which abhors property rights of any kind, loathes patents, and quickly found a weak spot in the case of health.
    • I don't think she actually dislikes the new neighbors so much as she loathes the realtor who sold them their homes.
    • It surprised her how last Autumn, she had loathed the very sight of him.
    • Queen Mary, who loathes sentiment, is obsessed with pruning and especially hates ivy.
    • He loathes war and militarism, and despises chauvinism in every form.
    • Naturally, and by tradition, this means it's always been loathed and despised by the rest of Scotland.
    • First of all, he loathed the sight of the woman who didn't show a trace of sensitivity on the situation.
    • If her daughter ends up loathing her she has nobody but herself to blame.
    • Because it's small, no one loathes it the way they hate the big-box stores that sit like pharonic mausoleums in a blacktop desert.
    Synonyms
    hate, detest, abhor, despise, abominate, dislike greatly, execrate
    hatred, hate, detestation, abhorrence, abomination, execration, odium

Origin

Old English lāthian, of Germanic origin; related to loath.

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