Both Uses
loathe
in
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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- GEORGE: (Swings around to face her ....says, with great loathing) No ....show him, Martha ....he hasn't seen it.†
Act 2 *loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- I swear to God I'll follow that guy into the kitchen, and then I'll take him upstairs, and .... GEORGE: (Swinging around to her again ....loud ....loathing) SO WHAT, MARTHA?†
Act 2
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)