: 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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There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
That unholy alliance, which is an unlikely alliance, is anchored first and foremost to the loathing of Western civilization.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025
His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
The weight of that single sheet of paper pulled me down to new depths of shame and self-loathing.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
That unholy alliance, which is an unlikely alliance, is anchored first and foremost to the loathing of Western civilization.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025
His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
The weight of that single sheet of paper pulled me down to new depths of shame and self-loathing.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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