1
as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
the sight of his mortal enemy getting that undeserved promotion filled him with loathing
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as in hatred
a very strong dislike
I have an uncompromising loathing for anyone who would deliberately harm an animal
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as in hateful
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as in hating
to dislike strongly
I simply loathe tapioca pudding
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Recent Examples of loathing
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
While the memoirs of senior CIA managers like Helms and Colby recall Schlesinger with unqualified loathing, this was not true of the lower orders.
—Christopher R. Moran, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2017
Advertisement The electoral map Harris has a few major advantages to work with, most importantly the abiding loathing that a huge swath of voters has for her opponent.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
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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
While the memoirs of senior CIA managers like Helms and Colby recall Schlesinger with unqualified loathing, this was not true of the lower orders.
—Christopher R. Moran, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2017
Advertisement The electoral map Harris has a few major advantages to work with, most importantly the abiding loathing that a huge swath of voters has for her opponent.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
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But then Milioti makes some kind of sly-yet-furious gesture to show us the depths of Sofia’s resentment against her family, like filling a glass of wine to the brim while her male relatives look on in disgust.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Research demonstrates that fake news tends to elicit more negative emotions, such as anger, sadness and disgust, than real news.Chelsea Butkowski, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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Years of mud-slinging would follow and their hatred for each other seemed to only intensify.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tribalism forms connections based on ignorance and shared hatred.Dan Berger, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The report adds to other examples of hateful rhetoric spreading after Trump’s victory.Angela Yang, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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While Reddit's unfiltered nature made moderating hateful comments almost impossible, both were grateful to have shared the moment.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Thankfully, though, Hammel keeps all of her film’s moving parts intact, reveling in distaste with a sly smile and a winking grin.Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the interview, Jones mentioned knowing Ivanka's father and didn't hold back his opinions about him, expressing a strong distaste for Trump and referring to him in disparaging terms.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The curious tension between the president’s sympathetic rhetoric and his administration’s more hostile actions has increased the risk that a contemptuous and irritated Russia will poke back in eastern Europe.Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2018
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Critics have affixed to his output any number of adjectives meant to communicate its basic darkness: acerbic, malicious, cruel, contemptuous.Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Yet feeling out of place has, ironically, brought Escola even closer to their Mary Todd Lincoln, whose fear that a scornful world might keep her offstage gives the show an unexpected pathos.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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The president has outlined a deeply misguided foreign policy vision that is distrustful of U.S. allies, scornful of international institutions, and indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the liberal international order that the United States has sustained for nearly eight decades.Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loathing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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