loathed; loathing
loather
noun
Examples of loathe in a Sentence
In fact, he was an energetic walker his whole life, but he loathed fresh-air fiends and he was rather stuck on the idea of being dissolute.
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Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 21 Apr. 1991
How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.
—W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
Pushing the table from him while he spoke, as though he loathed the sight of food, he encountered the watch: the hands of which were almost upon noon.
—Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
I loathe having to do this.
It was a habit his wife loathed.
Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 21 Apr. 1991
How I loathed the look of that type on my pages! Everything I wrote seemed, in that type, arrhythmic, dull, stupid.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
I loathed the job so much that I did it quickly, urgently, almost violently.
—W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
Pushing the table from him while he spoke, as though he loathed the sight of food, he encountered the watch: the hands of which were almost upon noon.
—Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
I loathe having to do this.
It was a habit his wife loathed.
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And yet the elements of the party who now loathe or, at best, roll their eyes at Trump hold out hope for Vance.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Soon after, The Times — a paper that back then loathed leftists of all stripes — hired Manrique as a columnist in May 1931.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The movie stars Jason Segel and Samara Weaving as a married couple who have come to loathe one another so thoroughly that each one arrives at vacation planning to murder the other.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
As a native Angeleno, I was always loathed visiting these poorly lit, claustrophobically hung galleries.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Soon after, The Times — a paper that back then loathed leftists of all stripes — hired Manrique as a columnist in May 1931.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The movie stars Jason Segel and Samara Weaving as a married couple who have come to loathe one another so thoroughly that each one arrives at vacation planning to murder the other.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
As a native Angeleno, I was always loathed visiting these poorly lit, claustrophobically hung galleries.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Loathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathe. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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loathe
verb
loathed; loathing
: to feel extreme disgust for or at
loathe the smell of burning rubber
loather
noun
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