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
Ben Jacobs, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Global fear and loathing of Islamism is preventing a genuine wave of celebration over the demise of a butcher.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
As news and rumors of the brutal attack spread, French Louisiana was beset by fear and loathing.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Nobody who has been on the wild journey of fear and loathing that has sent this fine old club careering to unprecedented lows since Farhad Moshiri’s arrival, initially as co-owner, in 2016 could underestimate a single development anymore.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Admittedly, many of his judgments did not hold up: Mencken had many of the racial prejudices of his time, and his loathing for Franklin D. Roosevelt has not exactly been vindicated by history.
—Ben Jacobs, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Global fear and loathing of Islamism is preventing a genuine wave of celebration over the demise of a butcher.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
As news and rumors of the brutal attack spread, French Louisiana was beset by fear and loathing.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Nobody who has been on the wild journey of fear and loathing that has sent this fine old club careering to unprecedented lows since Farhad Moshiri’s arrival, initially as co-owner, in 2016 could underestimate a single development anymore.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loathing
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McAfee hasn’t been the only former Colt to express his disgust.Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Cherry Blossoms: • Wendy’s level of general disgust at Ashley being head over heels for a man that, as commenters pointed out, looks like her sons all grown up, is hilarious.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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Everyone must overcome the presence of hatred and fanaticism, and the memories of horrible tragedies.Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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The United States empowered warlords and criminals to conduct the war on its behalf, individuals who inspired so much hatred that their very presence became a Taliban recruiting tool.Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Criticism is never easy to take, especially when it’s buried under snarky memes and hateful trolling.Molly McPherson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Four major neo-Nazi accounts on X unmasked An investigation this week in the Texas Observer names the people behind four influential accounts on X, formerly Twitter, that have shared hateful neo-Nazi and white supremacist content with millions of users.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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This could reveal distaste in your social circle, as well as a lack of desire toward your aspirations and larger-than-life goals for the world.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
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It’s been a matter of public record for a while now that Depp manipulated the truth and weaponized the public’s distaste for complicated, independent women in order to win his 2022 defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, painting her as abusive and unstable.Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
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Tamil Nadu’s leaders have long been openly contemptuous of Hindu nationalism, and their governing philosophy represents a powerful alternative to Modi’s worldview.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Supreme Court could potentially blow up this trend The largest threat to the trend of fewer death sentences and executions is the Supreme Court’s Republican supermajority, which is often contemptuous of precedents handed down by earlier justices who Republican legal elites view as too liberal.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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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 15 Jan. 2025.
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