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To hate or despise.

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Usage examples (38)
  • We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
  • I loathe that man
  • The only POV I loathe is the first person that switches narrators.
  • Yeah you probably right, but the hypocrisy and deceit of the Republicans which Americans loathe is simply unmatched!
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  • Another word that sounds like "loathe" which means to hate, is "loath" which means not willing.
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