# loathing

Pronunciation: say "LOH-thing" US /ˈloʊðɪŋ/, UK /ˈləʊðɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A feeling of revulsion or strong distaste; extreme hatred or dislike of someone or something.
   - Simple: A very strong feeling of hating something or finding it disgusting.
   - _The novel traces the narrator's growing loathing of the small town that raised him._
   - _She spoke of the old regime with open loathing._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of loathe. — present participle and gerund of loathe
   - Simple: The -ing form of loathe. Use it to name the state or describe a noun, but rarely after is or are.
   - _He spent his twenties loathing the city and his thirties missing it._
   - _Loathing someone often takes more energy than forgiving them._

## Other meanings

- (verb) Present participle and gerund of loath. Obsolete.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/loathing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).