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  • present participle of loathe.
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loathing

[loh-thing] / ˈloʊ ðɪŋ /


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The loathing for the parties doesn’t just come from the high-profile national campaigns.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

One of the guilty pleasures provided by “Maternal Instinct” is the unqualified loathing one feels for Parker, now on death row in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Michael Jackson is a prime example of this conundrumFor his millions of devotees their love for him is rivalled in intensity only by their seething loathing for his critics.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

For more than two decades, attorney Robert Silverstein struck fear — and in some cases, loathing — in Hollywood’s real estate establishment.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2025

There was loathing, and at the same time a kind of feverish excitement, in his voice.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Even divorced from the sympathies and loathings of my next-gen bias, I can’t help but feel that when we flock en masse to Tiger, we somehow undermine his heirs.

From Golf Digest Jan. 24, 2018

There’s much to be said for the comedy that Lena Dunham and her co-writers plumbed from the seething jealousies and loathings between their main characters.

From The Guardian Apr. 14, 2017

Actual living humans—in this case, my baby girl—are reduced to Grumpy Cat memes as every day the Internet offers up new canvasses where other people can project their fears and loathings.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2015

Those established loyalties and loathings are fundamental to the excitement that football generates.

From The Guardian Aug. 20, 2010

But, with respect to their diet, women with child have generally so great loathings and so many different longings, that it is very difficult to prescribe an exact diet for them.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle




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