All 5 Uses of
loathe
in
The Two Towers
- Before he could conceal it, they saw through the mask the anguish of a mind in doubt, loathing to stay and dreading to leave its refuge.†
Chpt 3.10 *loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- Dreadful as the Dead Marshes had been, and the arid moors of the Noman-lands, more loathsome far was the country that the crawling day now slowly unveiled to his shrinking eyes.†
Chpt 4.2loathsome = disgusting or very bad
- For his works fill the heart with loathing; but my heart was filled with grief and pity.†
Chpt 4.5loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- Every step was reluctant, and time seemed to slow its pace, so that between the raising of a foot and the setting of it down minutes of loathing passed.†
Chpt 4.8
- Figures stood there at its head, carven with cunning in forms human and bestial, but all corrupt and loathsome.†
Chpt 4.8loathsome = disgusting or very bad
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.