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loathing

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loath·ing  (lng)
n.
Great dislike; abhorrence.
loathing·ly adv.
loathing
Noun
strong disgust
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.loathingloathing - hate coupled with disgust
abhorrence, detestation, execration, odium, abomination
disgust - strong feelings of dislike
hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
loathing
noun hatred, hate, horror, disgust, aversion, revulsion, antipathy, abomination, repulsion, abhorrence, repugnance, odium, detestation, execration
Translations
Spanish loathing [ˈləuðɪŋ] n → aversión f; odio
French loathing [ˈləuðɪŋ] n → dégoût m, répugnance f
German loathing [ˈləuðɪŋ] loathe n → Abscheu m
Italian loathing [ˈləuðɪŋ] n → aborrimento, disgusto
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He has declared he can prove to me (if I will permit him) that I am, in your secret heart, an object of loathing to you; that you shrink from touching me; that you curse the hour when you were foolish enough to make me your wife.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
He has taken me by the hand, and I have walked by the side of his chair, loathing it, loathing myself, out on to the terrace and down below, just where it happened.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Levin for his part refrained from taking any vodka simply because he felt such a loathing of that Frenchwoman, all made up, it seemed, of false hair, poudre de riz, and vinaigre de toilette.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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