All 6 Uses of
loathe
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- And despite her loathing of little girls who jumped up and down with their fists clenched, she did just that.†
Chpt 2 *loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- Survivor guilt and self-loathing, meant to crush his will.†
Chpt 5
- There were two things that BoneMan loathed.†
Chpt 16loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- He loathed dogs that barked in the night.†
Chpt 16
- He loathed the man who'd tried to stop him.†
Chpt 16
- And he loathed the mother cow asleep on the floor beneath them.†
Chpt 16
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.