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Loathed

Loathe \Loathe\ (l[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed (l[=o][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. l[=a][eth]ian to hate. See Loath.]

  1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

    Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
    --Cowley.

  2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.

    The secret which I loathe.
    --Waller.

    She loathes the vital sir.
    --Dryden.

    Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.

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loathed

vb. (en-past of: loathe)

Usage examples of "loathed".

Axis knew that RavenCrest was also deeply resentful that his heir was not only of Icarii-human parentage, but also a former BattleAxe of the loathed Seneschal.

For a thousand years the person and the office of BattleAxe had been reviled and loathed among both Icarii and Avar.

Once she had hated Sigholt as the symbol of her loathed marriage to Searlas, Duke of Ichtar and father of her eldest son, Borneheld.

Over the past months Jorge had grown to respect the Ravensbund people where once he had only loathed them as savages.

RAVENSBUNDMEN: the inhabitants of Ravensbund, generally loathed by the Acharites as barbarous and cruel.

Famished and homeless, loathed and loathing, wild, And hating good--for his immortal foe, He changed from starry shape, beauteous and mild, To a dire Snake, with man and beast unreconciled.

In which the half of humankind were mewed Victims of lust and hate, the slaves of slaves, She mourned that grace and power were thrown as food To the hyena lust, who, among graves, Over his loathed meal, laughing in agony, raves.

He loathed all faith beside his own, and pined To wreak his fear of Heaven in vengeance on mankind.

But loathed scorn and outrage unrelenting Met love excited by far other seeming Until the end was gained.

But why more hideous than your loathed selves Gather ye up in legions from the deep?

There are numerous instances of horses, sheep, oxen, and even wood-pigeons, having been taught to live upon flesh, until they have loathed their natural aliment.

He loathed Mediterranean food, and this meal confirmed all his worst nightmares about dealing with Italian clients.

With a terse nod to the women of my household, loved and loathed, I strode off to be a man of affairs in my own way.

They had loathed Pomponius, sure enough- but they did not want him replaced by another disaster.

And how would he record Pomponius, loathed by everyone except his fleeting boyfriend Plancus?