All 8 Uses of
loathe
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- Kreacher, who was now lying flat on his back with his arms and legs in the air, gave Harry one upside-down look of deepest loathing and, with another loud crack, vanished.†
Chpt 3
- Harry, knowing and loathing Malfoy, was sure the reason could not be innocent.†
Chpt 6
- Gryffindor and Slytherin students loathed each other on principle.
Chpt 7 *loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- It was not until the glowing yellow light was ten feet away from them, and had pulled off his Invisibility Cloak so that he could be seen, that he recognized, with a rush of pure loathing, the uplit hooked nose and long, black, greasy hair of Severus Snape.†
Chpt 8
- He had loathed Snape from their first encounter, but Snape had placed himself forever and irrevocably beyond the possibility of Harry's forgiveness by his attitude toward Sirius.†
Chpt 8
- Snape, who was sitting on Dumbledore's right, did not stand up his mention of his name; he merely raised a hand in lazy acknowledgment of the applause from the Slytherin table, yet Harry was sure he could detect a look of triumph on the features he loathed so much.†
Chpt 8
- Hermione's expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class.†
Chpt 18
- Harry did not reply; he had loathed being the Object of Professor Trelawney's continual predictions of doom.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(loathe) hate, detest, or intensely dislikeWord Mastery: Word Confusion: Do not confuse loathe with loath which sounds very similar or the same. Loathe is a verb while loath is an adjective describing "reluctance or unwillingness to do something." Note that loathing and loathsome are forms of the verb loathe even though both word forms lack the "e". Occasionally, you will see loath spelled as loathe even in a published book, but it is rare enough that it is generally considered an error rather than a non-standard spelling.