loathing

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UK/ˈləʊðɪŋ/US/ˈloʊðɪŋ/

noun

Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

“The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.”

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Meanings

nounloathing (countable and uncountable, plural loathings)

plural loathings

  1. countableuncountableSense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

    The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of loathe
  2. gerundobsoleteparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of loath

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhate coupled with disgust

Similar
abhorrenceabominationdetestationexecrationodium
Broader
hatehatreddisgust
Also see
abhorrenceabominationdetestationdisgustexecrationodium

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the verb loathe. Compare loathsome.

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Translations

Bengali নফরৎ
  • নফরৎ (nôfrôt)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Bulgarian омраза, ненавист
  • омраза (omraza)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • ненавист (nenavist)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Catalan aversió
  • aversiósense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Dutch afkeer
  • afkeersense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Esperanto abomeno, malamego
  • abomenosense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • malamegosense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Finnish inho, vastenmielisyys
  • inhosense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • vastenmielisyyssense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • iljetyssense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
French dégoût
  • dégoûtsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
German Hass, Ekel
  • Hasssense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Ekelsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • Abscheusense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Hungarian iszony, iszonyat
  • iszonysense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • iszonyatsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Irish gnás, déistin
  • gnássense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • déistinsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Japanese 嫌悪, むかつき
  • 嫌悪 (ken'o)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • むかつき (mukatsuki)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Latin fastīdium
  • fastīdiumsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Portuguese ódio, abominação
  • ódiosense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • abominaçãosense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Romanian ură, aversiune
  • urăsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • aversiunesense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • dezgustsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • silăsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Russian отвраще́ние
  • отвраще́ние (otvraščénije)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Scottish Gaelic sgreamh
  • sgreamhsense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Spanish repelo
  • repelosense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Swedish avsky
  • avskysense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
Ukrainian оги́да, нена́висть
  • оги́да (ohýda)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike
  • нена́висть (nenávystʹ)sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with loathing

clothing
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Anagrams

Hotaling
Cite this entry
APA

loathing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loathing

MLA

“loathing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loathing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loathing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loathing.

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