1
as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
the sight of his mortal enemy getting that undeserved promotion filled him with loathing
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2
as in hatred
a very strong dislike
I have an uncompromising loathing for anyone who would deliberately harm an animal
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as in hating
to dislike strongly
I simply loathe tapioca pudding
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as in hateful
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Recent Examples of loathing
PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
The video, shot in New York, was directed by Amber Grace Johnson and shot on 35mm film, depicting Roan making her way through the city in cartoonishly long wigs and loathing about a broken heart on the subway.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
The medieval ideal suggests superstition, ignorance, vulgarity, restlessness, cruelty and religion—all of which fill my soul with horror and loathing.
—Henry Wiencek
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
He’s not emasculated, there’s no affair on the side, there’s no secret loathing, there’s no immature handling of arguments or true failures of communication with dire consequences.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 19 July 2025
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Verb
After failing to execute prompts successfully, Google's Gemini AI has spiraled into self-loathing in recent months, Business Insider reports.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
The video, shot in New York, was directed by Amber Grace Johnson and shot on 35mm film, depicting Roan making her way through the city in cartoonishly long wigs and loathing about a broken heart on the subway.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
The medieval ideal suggests superstition, ignorance, vulgarity, restlessness, cruelty and religion—all of which fill my soul with horror and loathing.
—Henry Wiencek
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
He’s not emasculated, there’s no affair on the side, there’s no secret loathing, there’s no immature handling of arguments or true failures of communication with dire consequences.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loathing
Noun
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At least one study has found, for example, that younger children will not recoil from rancid odors that provoke disgust in older children and adults, which suggests that these responses might be learned.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Responses from Redditors ranged from disgust to nostalgia.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Foreign perpetrators have been linked to previous acts intended to incite hatred.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The left is always, at all times and places, a violent phenomenon full of hatred.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And that all of us, all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media-wise, everybody was hating.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Political analyst Matthew Dowd took to MSNBC to say that Kirk’s hateful words had led to hateful actions.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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In other words, Cartman is irate that Trump has stolen his hateful, vindictive shtick.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cornell students, alumni and other Reddit users have largely expressed their distaste for the incident.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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At a single, two-minute dinner, Hermann Kafka smashes a cockroach while denigrating his son’s engagement to Felice Bauer before reiterating his distaste for Franz’s writing.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The wit and wordplay never cease, and there’s much pleasure to be drawn from Colman and Cumberbatch spitting McNamara’s contemptuous dialogue with aplomb.—
Katie Walsh,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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Some of the reviews and the coverage were so contemptuous.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s reaction to Modi’s trip to Tianjin has been scornful, claiming that India is offering to drop all tariffs on American goods.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Trump, too, is scornful of what European diplomacy could achieve, declaring recently that Iran doesn’t want to talk to Europe.—
Garret Martin,
The Conversation,
15 July 2025
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loathing. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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