All 6 Uses
loathe
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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- The girl he had dragged along to the pub with him had grown to loathe him dearly over the last hour, and it would probably have been a great satisfaction to her to know that in a minute and a half or so he would suddenly evaporate into a whiff of hydrogen, ozone and carbon monoxide.†
Chpt 3loathe = hate
- This suited the Dentrassis fine, because they loved Vogon money, which is one of the hardest currencies in space, but loathed the Vogons themselves.†
Chpt 5 *loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- Marvin regarded it with cold loathing while his logic circuits chattered with disgust and tinkered with the concept of directing physical violence against it.†
Chpt 11loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- He hadn't worked with this computer for long but had already learned to loathe it.†
Chpt 12loathe = hate
- Slowly, with great loathing, he stepped toward the door, like a hunter stalking his prey.†
Chpt 13loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- "Life," said Marvin dolefully, "loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it."†
Chpt 20loathe = hate
Definitions:
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(1)
(loathe) hate, detest, or intensely dislikeWord 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)