'Loathing' definitions:
Definition of 'loathing'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Loathing'
From: GCIDE
- Loathing \Loath"ing\, n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation. [1913 Webster]
- The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Loathing'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest. [1913 Webster]
- The secret which I loathe. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- She loathes the vital sir. --Dryden.
- Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'loathing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- abhorrent,
- abomination,
- allergy,
- Anglophobia,
- antagonism,
- anti-Semitism,
- antipathy,
- averse to,
- aversion,
- bigotry,
- cold sweat,
- creeping flesh,
- despitefulness,
- detestation,
- disgust,
- disgusted,
- dislike,
- enmity,
- execration,
- hate,
- hating,
- hatred,
- horror,
- hostility,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignity,
- misandry,
- misanthropy,
- misogyny,
- mortal horror,
- nausea,
- odium,
- race hatred,
- racism,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- revulsion,
- Russophobia,
- shuddering,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- vials of hate,
- vials of wrath,
- xenophobia