: extreme disgust : detestation
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
Synonyms
Examples of loathing in a Sentence
She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
Recent Examples on the Web
Just as Otis Elevators struggled to alleviate peoples’ fears of elevators in the late 1800s and early 1900s, there is similar fear and loathing of autonomous vehicles.
—
Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
With regard to Lyle, who with younger brother Erik is serving life without the possibility of parole for the murders of their parents, that feeling toggles wildly between sympathy and loathing.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
The panic engulfing the Nixon White House — and its loathing for Ellsberg — would be captured in Oval Office tapes.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
Yet the Seventies throwbacks provide a way to complicate all that intra-generational loathing.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for loathing 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
With regard to Lyle, who with younger brother Erik is serving life without the possibility of parole for the murders of their parents, that feeling toggles wildly between sympathy and loathing.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
The panic engulfing the Nixon White House — and its loathing for Ellsberg — would be captured in Oval Office tapes.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
Yet the Seventies throwbacks provide a way to complicate all that intra-generational loathing.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for loathing
Dictionary Entries Near loathing
Cite this Entry
“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share