: 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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Ritson plays Oscar as a man perpetually tightening around himself, his big, darting eyes equal parts searching, scared, and self-loathing.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.
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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
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.
—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
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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