单词 | loathing |
释义 | loathing (once / 2095 pages) n Loathing is a feeling of complete disgust. Your loathing of the feeling of sand between your toes means that going to the beach isn't much fun for you. If you have an utterly disgusted hatred of something, you have a loathing for it. A loathing of green vegetables can result in nutritional problems, and a loathing of little kids would make a person a pretty terrible babysitter. To loathe something is to abhor or strongly dislike it; the Old English root of both loathe and loathing is laðian, to be disgusted with. WORD FAMILYloathing: loathings+/loathe: loathed, loather, loathes, loathing/loather: loathers USAGE EXAMPLESIn Dugin’s case, the “central complex” is a mess of imperialism, bigotry, reactionary religiosity and a loathing of social diversity. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) The fury and loathing directed at climate scientists and campaigners seemed incomprehensible until I realised they were fake: the hatred had been paid for. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) Charismatic authority revels in the glamour and irrationality of visual images, just as it revels in emotion, stridency, fear and loathing. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) n hate coupled with disgust Syn|Hyper abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, odium disgust strong feelings of dislike hate, hatredthe emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action |
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