loathe

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈləʊð/
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/ˈləʊð/ · /ˈloʊð/

Definition of loathe

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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

  1. (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: […]”
  2. (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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