All 6 Uses

loathe
in
And The Mountains Echoed
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In her worst moments, when she cannot help being swallowed up by a torrent of self-loathing, Parwana thinks that perhaps the cord knew best.†
Chpt 3 *

loathing = disgust or intense dislike
Perhaps if she had grimaced at him, said something infantile, full of loathing and hate.†
Chpt 5
She loathes hospitals.†
Chpt 6

loathes = detests or intensely dislikes
I hate—no, I loathe—drinking alone.†
Chpt 6

loathe = hate
She loathed it when people wasted food.†
Chpt 8

loathed = detested or intensely disliked
She is wearing a dark blue bathrobe and the fuzzy slippers that I have already come to loathe.†
Chpt 8

loathe = hate

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)