: 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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But will this common sense prevail in an era suffused with division and mutual political loathing?
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
An international bestseller later turned into a film by Mira Nair, the book owed its success, in part, to its blunt articulation of the fear and loathing provoked by the American Empire even among many of its eager janissaries.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
And Robbie, so serenely, perfectly beautiful, is playing a character teeming with self-loathing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
The musical, to its credit, doesn’t lade Ulysses with the self-loathing typical of so many coming-out stories.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
An international bestseller later turned into a film by Mira Nair, the book owed its success, in part, to its blunt articulation of the fear and loathing provoked by the American Empire even among many of its eager janissaries.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
And Robbie, so serenely, perfectly beautiful, is playing a character teeming with self-loathing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
The musical, to its credit, doesn’t lade Ulysses with the self-loathing typical of so many coming-out stories.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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