loathe
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of loathe
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
“I loathe scrubbing toilets.”
“I absolutely loathe this place.”
“Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.”
“To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]”
“[…] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]”
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verb
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(transitive)To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
“I loathe scrubbing toilets.”
“I absolutely loathe this place.”
“Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.”
“To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]”
“[…] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]”
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(obsolete)To induce or inspire disgust (in a person)
“How heartily he serves me! his face loathes one, But look upon his care, who would not love him?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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.
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