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loathe

  [lohth]
Use loathe in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), loathed, loath⋅ing.
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME loth(i)en, lath(i)en, OE lāthian, deriv. of lāth loath

Related forms:
loather, noun

Synonyms:
detest, abominate, hate.

Antonyms:
like.
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loathe   (lōth)   
tr.v.   loathed, loath·ing, loathes
To dislike (someone or something) greatly; abhor.

[Middle English lothen, from Old English lāthian.]
loath'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

loathe 
O.E. laðian "to hate, to be disgusted with," from lað "hostile" (see loath). Cognate with O.S. lethon, O.N. leiða. Loathsome is attested from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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