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  • present participle of loathe.
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loathing

[loh-thing] / ˈloʊ ðɪŋ /


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He seems to have felt instant solidarity with his brothers and loathing for his bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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

“We wear your loathing with pride,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X addressed to S&P, adding that the company “is and remains extremely profitable.”

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

Katie narrowed her eyes when she saw me in the hall, and radiated loathing.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

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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