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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:
bef. 900; ME loth(i)en, lath(i)en, OE lāthian, deriv. of lāth loath
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loathe     (lōth)  Pronunciation Key 
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
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