VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / loathe

Thesaurus: loathe

To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

disgustdefinitionfeeldefinitionhatedefinitionabhordefinitionnauseadefinitionaversiondefinitiondislikedefinitionextremedefinitiongreatlydefinitionObsdefinitionloathingdefinitionabominatedefinitionbreaddefinitioncakesdefinitiondetestdefinitiondrydendefinitionfinddefinitionhoneyeddefinitionrepugnantdefinitionsecretdefinitionseedefinitionshedefinitionsirdefinitionvitaldefinitionwallerdefinitionloathfamilyloathedfamilyloatherfamily

Definitions

  1. v. t. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
  2. v. t. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
  3. v. i. To feel disgust or nausea.
  4. v. find repugnant
  5. 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley. 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. The secret which I loathe. Waller. She loathes the vital sir. Dryden. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]
  6. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]