All 12 Uses of
loathe
in
This Side of Paradise
- Sudden revulsion seized Amory, disgust, loathing for the whole incident.†
Chpt 1.1
- Well, if you're like me, you loathe all science and mathematics—"†
Chpt 1.1
- I know I'm not a regular fellow, yet I loathe anybody else that isn't.†
Chpt 1.2
- Aside from loathing Phyllis, he had particularly wanted to stag that game and entertain some Harvard friends.†
Chpt 1.4
- There are long periods when she cordially loathes her whole family.†
Chpt 2.1
- You know I loathe this "rushing" idea.†
Chpt 2.1
- AMORY: I never find anything else in the world—and I loathe it.†
Chpt 2.1
- I loathed it as usual!†
Chpt 2.1
- It was dirtier than any battle-field he had seen, harder to contemplate than any actual hardship moulded of mire and sweat and danger, it was an atmosphere wherein birth and marriage and death were loathsome, secret things.†
Chpt 2.5
- Probably more than any concrete vice or failing Amory despised his own personality—he loathed knowing that to-morrow and the thousand days after he would swell pompously at a compliment and sulk at an ill word like a third-rate musician or a first-class actor.†
Chpt 2.5
- I loathed the army.
Chpt 2.5 *loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- I loathed business.†
Chpt 2.5
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.