All 5 Uses of
loathe
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.p. 60.8loathed = intensely disliked
- The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.p. 116.5loathsome = bad
- Some say the lark and loathed toad change eyes.
p. 166.1loathed = ugly or detested
- with loathsome smells
p. 202.6 *loathsome = disgusting
- There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,
Doing more murders in this loathsome world
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.Scene 5.1
Definition:
hate, detest, or intensely dislike
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.