: extreme disgust : detestation
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
Examples of loathing in a Sentence
She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
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So ubiquitous is this loathing that conservative lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo recently summoned a lovebug metaphor to criticize liberal President Lee Jae-myung’s latest Cabinet-level hire, a former provincial governor who was convicted for his involvement in a political scandal in 2019.
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
My father’s loathing for the Catholic Church is complete and uncomplicated.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Is mutual loathing the natural state of affairs between reporters and a mayor?
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The unifying principle is ideological loathing of the defendants.
—Jason Isaac, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
My father’s loathing for the Catholic Church is complete and uncomplicated.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Is mutual loathing the natural state of affairs between reporters and a mayor?
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The unifying principle is ideological loathing of the defendants.
—Jason Isaac, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for loathing
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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