All 4 Uses

loathe
in
The Good Soldier
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You might have thought that Leonora would be just calmly loathing and he lachrymosely contrite.†
Part 1 *

loathing = disgust or intense dislike
You must remember that she was a New Englander, and that New England had not yet come to loathe darkies as it does now.†
Part 2

loathe = hate
She pitied Edward frightfully at one time—and then she acted along the lines of pity; she loathed him at another and then she acted as her loathing dictated.†
Part 4

loathed = detested or intensely disliked
She pitied Edward frightfully at one time—and then she acted along the lines of pity; she loathed him at another and then she acted as her loathing dictated.†
Part 4

loathing = disgust or intense dislike

Definitions:

(1) (loathe)
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.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)