What does loathe mean?
Loathe means (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something)..
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/ˈləʊð/ · verb
(transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something)..
I loathe scrubbing toilets.
I absolutely loathe this place.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.
To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]
[…] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]
Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe
This movie is a historical achievement: Clint Eastwood, an icon of violence, has made us loathe violence as an obscenity. “Mystic River” hurts the way sad stories always hurt, but the craft and love with which it has been made transfigure pain into a moviegoer’s rapture
She understands me like you did / She really loves me / I'm a saint living in sin / Oh, she really loathes me
Use loathe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Loathe means (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something)..
Common synonyms include abhor, abominate, despise, execrate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I loathe scrubbing toilets.
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