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loathe

[lohth] Origin

loathe

[lohth]
verb (used with object), loathed, loath·ing.
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English loth(i)en, lath(i)en, Old English lāthian, derivative of lāth loath

loath·er, noun
un·loathed, adjective

loath, loathe, loathsome.


detest, abominate, hate.


like.

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loathe (ləʊð)
 
vb
(tr) to feel strong hatred or disgust for
 
[Old English lāthiān, from loath]
 
'loather
 
n

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loathe
O.E. laðian "to hate, to be disgusted with," from lað "hostile" (see loath). Cognate with O.S. lethon, O.N. leiða.
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