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loathing

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊðɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈloʊðɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊðɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: L OW1 TH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of loathe

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of loath

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

hate coupled with disgust

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, odium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disgust, hate, hatred

History

Etymology

From the verb loathe. Compare loathsome.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: নফরৎ (nôfrôt) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Bulgarian: омраза (omraza) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Bulgarian: ненавист (nenavist) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Catalan: aversió — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Dutch: afkeer — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Esperanto: abomeno — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Esperanto: malamego — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Finnish: inho — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Finnish: vastenmielisyys — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Finnish: iljetys — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • French: dégoût — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • German: Hass — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • German: Ekel — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • German: Abscheu — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Hungarian: iszony — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Hungarian: iszonyat — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Irish: gnás — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Irish: déistin — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Japanese: 嫌悪 (ken'o) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Japanese: むかつき (mukatsuki) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Latin: fastīdium — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Plautdietsch: Äakjel — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Portuguese: ódio — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Portuguese: abominação — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Romanian: ură — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Romanian: aversiune — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Romanian: dezgust — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Romanian: silă — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Russian: отвраще́ние (otvraščénije) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgreamh — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Spanish: repelo — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Swedish: avsky — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Tocharian B: ykāṃṣe — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Ukrainian: оги́да (ohýda) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Ukrainian: нена́висть (nenávystʹ) — sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
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