Definitions for loathing

loathing loath·ing

Spelling: [loh-th ing]
IPA: /ˈloʊ ðɪŋ/

Loathing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 338 anagrams from letters in loathing (aghilnot).

Definitions for loathing

noun

  1. strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.

verb (used with object)

  1. to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:

Origin of loathing

First recorded in 1300-50, loathing is from the Middle English word lathynge. See loathe, -ing1

Examples for loathing

Can you not conceive the fear that was in me that you should shrink away from me in loathing?

The lad was like a strippling Judas; his attitude filled Mortimer with loathing.

The shoote is another distemper to which they are liable, and is attended with a violent cholic and the loathing of food.

We turn from it in loathing, and as we go we carry with us that from which we fly.

He should instead be loathing the people who are trying to bring the government to a halt and trying to bring him down.

In the air is a Fear and loathing in Las Vegas vibe, a little campy, a little naughty and a lot raw.

Why so many people are so eager to flaunt their musical bona fides by loathing Coldplay.

She threw in Beauchene's face all the contempt and loathing that she had felt for him for years.

Perhaps Wiencek is so blinded by his loathing of Thomas Jefferson that he cannot see what is right in front of his eyes.

Their loathing of Kennedy, of Washington liberals, of Martin Luther King Jr., makes for a perfect match.

Word Value for loathing
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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