loathed; loathing
loather
noun
Examples of loathe in a Sentence
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.
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Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 21 Apr. 1991
How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.
—W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
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, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
I loathe having to do this.
It was a habit his wife loathed.
Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 21 Apr. 1991
How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.
—W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
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, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
I loathe having to do this.
It was a habit his wife loathed.
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Yes, the hybrid of tennis, badminton and ping-pong, where the balls make a popping sound that fans love and foes loathe, is pushing old-school golf into the rough.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
King Charles famously loathed his time at the boarding school, but Peter seems to have thrived in the austere Scottish landscape, becoming head boy of the institution before graduating.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
As Andrew hires a lawyer (Denzel Washington) to sue his former employer for discrimination, Hanks movingly portrays a man fighting for his life in a society that fears and loathes him.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
King Charles famously loathed his time at the boarding school, but Peter seems to have thrived in the austere Scottish landscape, becoming head boy of the institution before graduating.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
As Andrew hires a lawyer (Denzel Washington) to sue his former employer for discrimination, Hanks movingly portrays a man fighting for his life in a society that fears and loathes him.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Loathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathe. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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loathe
verb
loathed; loathing
: to feel extreme disgust for or at
loathe the smell of burning rubber
loather
noun
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