All 16 Uses of
loathe
in
Of Human Bondage
- The rest of the boys, for reasons best known to themselves, though they loathed the master, took his side in the affair, and, to show their indignation that the school's business had been dealt with outside, made things as uncomfortable as they could for Walters' younger brother, who still remained.†
Chpt 15-16loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- He began to loathe his lodgings and the long solitary evenings he spent in them.†
Chpt 37-38 *loathe = hate
- For ten months I've loathed it all, I've loathed the work, I've loathed the office, I loathe Loudon.†
Chpt 37-38loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- For ten months I've loathed it all, I've loathed the work, I've loathed the office, I loathe Loudon.†
Chpt 37-38
- For ten months I've loathed it all, I've loathed the work, I've loathed the office, I loathe Loudon.†
Chpt 37-38
- For ten months I've loathed it all, I've loathed the work, I've loathed the office, I loathe Loudon.†
Chpt 37-38loathe = hate
- He was envious of everyone else's success, and had a peculiar, personal loathing of the impressionists; for he looked upon his own failure as due to the mad fashion which had attracted the public, sale bete, to their works.†
Chpt 43-44loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- Philip loathed him now and he was tired; he had not been sleeping well, for he dreamed constantly of Fanny Price in the torn brown dress, hanging from the nail in the ceiling; but he could not think of an excuse.†
Chpt 49-50loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- Philip loathed them, and yet his heart ached with the infinite pity which filled him.†
Chpt 49-50
- He expected that presently she would take the opportunity to say something to him; he thought she would ask why he never came to one of her tables now, and he had prepared an answer charged with all the loathing he felt for her.†
Chpt 55-56loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- He loathed and despised himself for loving her.†
Chpt 59-60loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- He thought sometimes of the winter, during which he had been obsessed by a hideous passion, and he was filled with loathing for Mildred and with horror of himself.†
Chpt 65-66loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- He repeated to himself over and over again that he loathed Mildred, and, ascribing to Griffiths this new disappointment, he hated him so much that he knew what was the delight of murder: he walked about considering what a joy it would be to come upon him on a dark night and stick a knife into his throat, just about the carotid artery, and leave him to die in the street like a dog.†
Chpt 77-78loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- He did not care if she was in distress, it served her right whatever it was, he thought of her with hatred, and the love he had had for her aroused his loathing.†
Chpt 109-110loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- It was strange, but he was actually sorry to leave these people whom he thought he had loathed, and when he drove away from the house in Harrington Street it was with no exultation.†
Chpt 111-112loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- His gruffness was little more than a protection which he wore to hide a complete disillusionment; and to Philip it seemed tragic to see him just waiting for death, not impatiently, but rather with loathing for it, hating old age and unable to resign himself to its limitations, and yet with the feeling that death was the only solution of the bitterness of his life.†
Chpt 117-118loathing = disgust or intense dislike
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.