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loatheloathe /loʊð/ verb [transitive not in progressive] formal ETYMOLOGYloatheOrigin: Old English lathian, from lath VERB TABLEloathe |
Present | I, you, we, they | loathe | | he, she, it | loathes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | loathed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have loathed | | he, she, it | has loathed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had loathed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will loathe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have loathed |
THESAURUSto dislike someone very much and feel angry toward him or her► hateto dislike someone very much and feel angry toward him or her: Jill really hates her stepfather. The two of them hate each other’s guts (=dislike each other very much). ► cannot stand (also cannot bear formal) to dislike someone or something very much: I cannot stand the smell of garlic breath. ► despise to hate someone or something in a very angry way: She despised him for the rumors he had spread about her. ► detest/loathe formal to hate someone or something very much: My mother loathed my boyfriend and tried to break us up. ► abhor formal to hate something because you think it is morally wrong: He abhors violence of any kind. to hate someone or something very much SYN detest: Judy loathes her ex-husband.► see thesaurus at hate1 [Origin: Old English lathian, from lath] |