All 6 Uses
loathe
in
The Grass is Singing
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- And above all, he loathed the cinema.†
p. 44.8 *loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- They talk about their laborers with a persistent irritation sounding in their voices: individual natives they might like, but as a genus, they loathe them.†
p. 82.1loathe = hate
- They loathe them to the point of neurosis.†
p. 82.2
- If she disliked native men, she loathed the women.†
p. 104.3loathed = detested or intensely disliked
- He put out his hand reluctantly, loathe to touch her, the sacrosanct white woman, and pushed her by the shoulder; she felt herself gently propelled across the room towards the bedroom.†
p. 172.5loathe = hate
- She shrank into the pillow with loathing, moaning out loud, as if she had been touched by excrement.†
p. 173.3loathing = disgust or intense dislike
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)