Both Uses of
loathe
in
The Child by Tiger
- It was a kind of shadow, a poisonous blackness filled with bewildered loathing.†
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- For they would still remember the old dark doubt and loathing of their kind, of something hateful and unspeakable in the souls of men.†
Definition:
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(loathe) hate, detest, or intensely dislikeWord Mastery: 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.