as in hates
to dislike strongly
I simply loathe tapioca pudding
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Recent Examples of loathes
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.
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Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Trump loathes Barack Obama, and yet his strategy here seems to be exactly what Obama did, minus a few more allies, in Libya.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Fleming, in fact, loathes the idea of his own podcast and the prospect of sitting and chatting endlessly about his private life for public consumption.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
No wonder the development community loathes landmark designations.
—Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Trump absolutely loathes Crockett, who might bait the President to intervene in the GOP primary.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Trump loathes Barack Obama, and yet his strategy here seems to be exactly what Obama did, minus a few more allies, in Libya.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Fleming, in fact, loathes the idea of his own podcast and the prospect of sitting and chatting endlessly about his private life for public consumption.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
No wonder the development community loathes landmark designations.
—Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Trump absolutely loathes Crockett, who might bait the President to intervene in the GOP primary.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loathes
hates
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Why Gosling’s Daniel hates so fully is never really answered, but the film doesn’t exactly need a cause when the actor’s grasp of its effects are so good.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Not surprisingly, Grace’s real-life husband hates Max.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Loathes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loathes. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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