English Dictionary
Definition of “loathe”
loathe (ləʊð
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to feel strong hatred or disgust for
Alternative Forms
ˈloather noun Word Origin
Old English lāthiān, from loath
Translations
- British English:
loathe
If you loathe something or someone, you dislike them very much.The critics loathed this play.ləʊð VERB The critics loathed this play.
- Spanish:
aborrecer
v
- French:
exécrer
vt
- German:
verabscheuen
v
- Chinese: 厌恶 v
- Arabic: يَكْرَهُ vt
- Portuguese: detestar v
- Russian: чувствовать отвращение v
- Croatian: osjećati gnušanje v
- Czech: štítit (se) v
- Danish: afsky v
- Dutch: verafschuwen v
- Finnish: halveksia v
- Greek: απεχθάνομαι v
- Italian: detestare v
- Japanese: ひどく嫌う v
- Korean: 몹시 싫어하다 v
- Norwegian: avsky v
- Polish: nienawidzić v
- Brazilian Portuguese: detestar v
- European Spanish:
aborrecer
v
- Swedish: avsky v
- Thai: ไม่เต็มใจ v
- Turkish: tiksinmek v
- Vietnamese: ghê tởm v
Usage examples
But I couldn't loathe him, this man who was my wife's other husband.
Tony Parsons, MAN AND WIFE (2002)Clearly, you can never tell her you loathe those losers she calls college friends.
Maxim (2004)She complained that the mothers she met through playgroups were loathe to talk about anything in depth.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)Love them or loathe them, there is just no getting away from the fact that they are the most glamorous club on the planet.
Sun, News of the World (2002)Admiring the institutions of Britain, where he had spent his exile, he professed to loathe the brutality and demagoguery of fascism.
Blinkhorn, Martin (ed), Fascists and Conservatives (1990)
