All 10 Uses of
loathe
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- It seemed that Kreacher did not dare disobey a direct order; nevertheless, the look he gave Sirius as he shuffled out past him was full of deepest loathing and he muttered all the way out of the room.†
Chpt 6 *loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- Her voice was high-pitched, breathy and little-girlish and, again, Harry felt a powerful rush of dislike that he could not explain to himself; all he knew was that he loathed everything about her, from her stupid voice to her fluffy pink cardigan.†
Chpt 11loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- Apparently she loathes part-humans; she campaigned to have merpeople rounded up and tagged last year, too.†
Chpt 14loathes = detests or intensely dislikes
- Harry caught Ron's eye and knew that Ron was thinking exactly the same as he was: they both knew that Professor Trelawney was an old fraud, but on the other hand, they loathed Umbridge so much that they felt very much on Trelawneys side — until she swooped down on them a few seconds later, that is.†
Chpt 15loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- 'You know,' said Phineas Nigellus, even more loudly than Harry 'this is precisely why I loathed being a teacher!†
Chpt 23
- He tried for a moment or two, but the thought of Snape on top of memories of Umbridge merely increased his sense of grumbling resentment and he found himself focusing instead on how much he loathed the pair of them.†
Chpt 26
- It was unnerving to think that the little boy who had been crying as he watched his parents shouting was actually standing in front of him with such loathing in his eyes.†
Chpt 26loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- You — wait,' he panted, staring up at James with an expression of purest loathing, 'you — wait!†
Chpt 28
- Yes, he had once overheard Professor McGonagall saying that his father and Sirius had been troublemakers at school, but she had described them as forerunners of the Weasley twins, and Harry could not imagine Fred and George dangling someone upside-down for the fun of it...not unless they really loathed them...perhaps Malfoy, or somebody who really deserved it...Harry tried to make a case for Snape having deserved what he had suffered at James's hands: but hadn't Lily asked, 'What's he done to you?'†
Chpt 29loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- Yet, the memory of the look on her face as she had shouted at James disturbed him quite as much as anything else; she had clearly loathed James, and Harry simply could not understand how they could have ended up married.†
Chpt 29
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.