# loathe

Pronunciation: say "LOHTH" US /ˈloʊð/, UK /ˈləʊð/

## Verb

1. To hate someone or something intensely, with a feeling of disgust or contempt.
   - Simple: To hate someone or something very much and find them really unpleasant.
   - _I loathe long meetings that could have been a single email._
   - _The two rivals loathed each other from their first day in office._

## Verb

2. To cause a person to feel disgust. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make a person feel disgusted.

## Origin

From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną; related to Old Norse leiðask (Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast) and German Leid.

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