"loathe" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈləʊð/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈloʊð/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-loathe.ogg [US] Forms: loathes [present, singular, third-person], loathing [participle, present], loathed [participle, past], loathed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊð Etymology: Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lothe}} Middle English lothe, {{inh|en|ang|lāþian}} Old English lāþian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*laiþēn}} Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laiþāną}} Proto-Germanic *laiþāną, {{cog|non|leiða|leiðask}} Old Norse leiðask, {{cog|da|lede|ledes}} Danish ledes, {{cog|is|leiðast}} Icelandic leiðast, {{cog|de|Leid}} German Leid Head templates: {{en-verb}} loathe (third-person singular simple present loathes, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)
  1. (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Emotions, Hatred Synonyms: abhor, abominate, despise Translations (to detest, hate, revile): στυγέω (stugéō) (Ancient Greek), βδελύσσομαι (bdelússomai) (Ancient Greek), զզվել (zzvel) (Armenian), գարշել (garšel) (Armenian), ненавиждам (nenaviždam) (Bulgarian), detestar (Catalan), avorrir (Catalan), 厭惡 (Chinese Mandarin), 厌恶 (yànwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 討厭 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨厌 (tǎoyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 嫌惡 (Chinese Mandarin), 嫌恶 (xiánwù) (Chinese Mandarin), ošklivit si (Czech), hnusit si (Czech), afsky (Danish), hade (Danish), verafschuwen (Dutch), abomeni (Esperanto), malamegi (Esperanto), vihkama (Estonian), jälestama (Estonian), inhota (Finnish), exécrer (French), détester (French), haïr (French), verabscheuen (German), ablehnen (German), hassen (German), gyűlöl (Hungarian), ki nem állhat (Hungarian), utál (Hungarian), abominar (Ido), odiegar (Ido), repugnesar (Ido), inhota (Ingrian), detestare (Italian), odiare (Italian), aborrire (Italian), abominare (Italian), 大嫌い (daikirai) (Japanese), 忌み嫌う (imikirau) (Japanese), 唾棄する (daki suru) (Japanese), abōminor (Latin), വെറുക്കുക (veṟukkuka) (Malayalam), ᡴᡳᠨᡠᠮᠪᡳ (kinumbi) (Manchu), whakaetieti (Maori), mauāhara (Maori), avsky (Norwegian), متنفر بودن (motenaffer budan) (Persian), nienawidzić (Polish), gardzić (Polish), detestar (Portuguese), detesta (Romanian), urî (Romanian), ненави́деть (nenavídetʹ) (Russian), не выноси́ть (ne vynosítʹ) (Russian), не люби́ть (ne ljubítʹ) (Russian), laith (Scots), fuathaich (Scottish Gaelic), detestar (Spanish), repugnar (Spanish), odiar (Spanish), అసహ్యించుకొను (asahyiñcukonu) (Telugu), 𐎌𐎐𐎀 (šnả) (Ugaritic), нена́видіти (nenávydity) (Ukrainian), פֿײַנט האָבן (faynt hobn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-loathe-en-verb-DiVqI7Ym Disambiguation of Emotions: 50 50 Disambiguation of Hatred: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'to detest, hate, revile': 94 6
  2. (obsolete) To induce or inspire disgust (in a person) Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Emotions, Hatred
    Sense id: en-loathe-en-verb-yyPmp3WX Disambiguation of Emotions: 50 50 Disambiguation of Hatred: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loath [obsolete] Derived forms: loathable, loather, loathe-worthy, loathing, loathsome, self-loathing Related terms: loath, loth

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      "args": {
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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        {
          "text": "I loathe scrubbing toilets.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I absolutely loathe this place.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Of Agriculture",
          "text": "Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1736, Andrew Gray, “Sermon VI. Acts xxvi. 18. …”, in Great and Precious Promises: or, Some Sermons Concerning the Promises, and the Right Application thereof. […], Glasgow: Printed by William Duncan, […], →OCLC, page 115",
          "text": "[…] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnet XXXII”, in Sonnets from the Portuguese",
          "text": "Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 October 13, The New Yorker",
          "text": "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",
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        "To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something)."
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        [
          "detest",
          "detest"
        ],
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          "hate",
          "hate#Verb"
        ],
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          "revile",
          "revile"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "abhor"
        },
        {
          "word": "abominate"
        },
        {
          "word": "despise"
        }
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zzvel",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "զզվել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "garšel",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "գարշել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nenaviždam",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "ненавиждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "detestar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "avorrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "厭惡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yànwù",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "厌恶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "討厭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tǎoyàn",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "讨厌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "嫌惡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiánwù",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "嫌恶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "ošklivit si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "hnusit si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "afsky"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "hade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "verafschuwen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "abomeni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "malamegi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "vihkama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "jälestama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "inhota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "exécrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "détester"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "haïr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "verabscheuen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "ablehnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "hassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "stugéō",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "στυγέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "bdelússomai",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "βδελύσσομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "gyűlöl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "ki nem állhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "utál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "abominar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "odiegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "repugnesar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "inhota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "detestare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "odiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "aborrire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "abominare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daikirai",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "大嫌い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "imikirau",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "忌み嫌う"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daki suru",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "唾棄する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "abōminor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "veṟukkuka",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "വെറുക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "kinumbi",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "ᡴᡳᠨᡠᠮᠪᡳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "whakaetieti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "mauāhara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "avsky"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "motenaffer budan",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "متنفر بودن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "nienawidzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "gardzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "detestar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "detesta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "urî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nenavídetʹ",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "ненави́деть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne vynosítʹ",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "не выноси́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne ljubítʹ",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "не люби́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "laith"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "fuathaich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "detestar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "repugnar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
          "word": "odiar"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zzvel",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "զզվել"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "garšel",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "գարշել"
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      "roman": "nenaviždam",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "ненавиждам"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "detestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "avorrir"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "厭惡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yànwù",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "厌恶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "討厭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎoyàn",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "讨厌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "嫌惡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiánwù",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "嫌恶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "ošklivit si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "hnusit si"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "afsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "hade"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "verafschuwen"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "abomeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "malamegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "vihkama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "jälestama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "inhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "exécrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "détester"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "haïr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "verabscheuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "ablehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "hassen"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stugéō",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "στυγέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "bdelússomai",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "βδελύσσομαι"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "gyűlöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "ki nem állhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "utál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "abominar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "odiegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "repugnesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "inhota"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "detestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "odiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "aborrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "abominare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daikirai",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "大嫌い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "imikirau",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "忌み嫌う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daki suru",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "唾棄する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "abōminor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "veṟukkuka",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "വെറുക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "kinumbi",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "ᡴᡳᠨᡠᠮᠪᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "whakaetieti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "mauāhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "avsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "motenaffer budan",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "متنفر بودن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "nienawidzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "gardzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "detestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "detesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "urî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenavídetʹ",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "ненави́деть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne vynosítʹ",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "не выноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne ljubítʹ",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "не люби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "laith"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "fuathaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "detestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "repugnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "odiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "asahyiñcukonu",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "అసహ్యించుకొను"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "šnả",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "𐎌𐎐𐎀"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nenávydity",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "нена́видіти"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "faynt hobn",
      "sense": "to detest, hate, revile",
      "word": "פֿײַנט האָבן"
    }
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  "word": "loathe"
}

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