All 5 Uses of
loathe
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
- I will have to travel from district to district, to stand before the cheering crowds who secretly loathe me, to look down into the faces of the families whose children I have killed...The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.†
Chpt 1loathe = hate
- Cray would have been disliked, anyway, because of the uniform he wore, but it was his habit of luring starving young women into his bed for money that made him an object of loathing in the district.
Chpt 8 *loathing = disgust or intense dislike
- I rest my head forward on the edge of the table, overcome with loathing for myself.†
Chpt 8
- I think of the loathing I felt when I discovered Peeta was with the Careers during the last Games.†
Chpt 16
- She gives me a look filled with loathing, like I'm the biggest drag possible on her life.†
Chpt 22
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.