loathe

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊð/
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• General-American: /ˈloʊð/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -əʊð
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• CMU ARPABET: L OW1 DH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: զզվել (zzvel) — to detest, hate, revile
• Armenian: գարշել (garšel) — to detest, hate, revile
• Bulgarian: ненавиждам (nenaviždam) — to detest, hate, revile
• Catalan: detestar — to detest, hate, revile
• Catalan: avorrir — to detest, hate, revile
• Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù) — to detest, hate, revile
• Chinese Mandarin: 討厭 /讨厌 (tǎoyàn) — to detest, hate, revile
• Chinese Mandarin: 嫌惡 /嫌恶 (xiánwù) — to detest, hate, revile
• Czech: ošklivit si — to detest, hate, revile
• Czech: hnusit si — to detest, hate, revile
• Danish: afsky — to detest, hate, revile
• Danish: hade — to detest, hate, revile
• Dutch: verafschuwen — to detest, hate, revile
• Esperanto: abomeni — to detest, hate, revile
• Esperanto: malamegi — to detest, hate, revile
• Estonian: vihkama — to detest, hate, revile
• Estonian: jälestama — to detest, hate, revile
• Finnish: inhota — to detest, hate, revile
• French: exécrer — to detest, hate, revile
• French: détester — to detest, hate, revile
• French: haïr — to detest, hate, revile
• German: verabscheuen — to detest, hate, revile
• German: ablehnen — to detest, hate, revile
• German: hassen — to detest, hate, revile
• Ancient Greek: στυγέω (stugéō) — to detest, hate, revile
• Ancient Greek: βδελύσσομαι (bdelússomai) — to detest, hate, revile
• Hungarian: gyűlöl — to detest, hate, revile
• Hungarian: ki nem állhat — to detest, hate, revile
• Hungarian: utál — to detest, hate, revile
• Ido: abominar — to detest, hate, revile
• Ido: odiegar — to detest, hate, revile
• Ido: repugnesar — to detest, hate, revile
• Ingrian: inhota — to detest, hate, revile
• Italian: detestare — to detest, hate, revile
• Italian: odiare — to detest, hate, revile
• Italian: aborrire — to detest, hate, revile
• Italian: abominare — to detest, hate, revile
• Japanese: 大嫌い (daikirai) — to detest, hate, revile
• Japanese: 忌み嫌う (imikirau) — to detest, hate, revile
• Japanese: 唾棄する (daki suru) — to detest, hate, revile
• Latin: abōminor — to detest, hate, revile
• Malayalam: വെറുക്കുക (veṟukkuka) — to detest, hate, revile
• Manchu: ᡴᡳᠨᡠᠮᠪᡳ (kinumbi) — to detest, hate, revile
• Māori: whakaetieti — to detest, hate, revile
• Māori: mauāhara — to detest, hate, revile
• Norwegian: avsky — to detest, hate, revile
• Persian: متنفر بودن (motenaffer budan) — to detest, hate, revile
• Polish: nienawidzić — to detest, hate, revile
• Polish: gardzić — to detest, hate, revile
• Portuguese: detestar — to detest, hate, revile
• Romanian: dușmăni — to detest, hate, revile
• Romanian: detesta — to detest, hate, revile
• Romanian: urî — to detest, hate, revile
• Russian: ненави́деть (nenavídetʹ) — to detest, hate, revile
• Russian: не выноси́ть (ne vynosítʹ) — to detest, hate, revile
• Russian: не люби́ть (ne ljubítʹ) — to detest, hate, revile
• Scots: laith — to detest, hate, revile
• Scottish Gaelic: fuathaich — to detest, hate, revile
• Spanish: detestar — to detest, hate, revile
• Spanish: repugnar — to detest, hate, revile
• Spanish: odiar — to detest, hate, revile
• Telugu: అసహ్యించుకొను (asahyiñcukonu) — to detest, hate, revile
• Turkish: iğrenmek — to detest, hate, revile
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎐𐎀 (šnả) — to detest, hate, revile
• Ukrainian: нена́видіти (nenávydity) — to detest, hate, revile
• Yiddish: פֿײַנט האָבן (faynt hobn) — to detest, hate, revile