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  • present participle of loathe.
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loathing

[loh-thing] / ˈloʊ ðɪŋ /


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Here is where I’m required to offer a throat-clearing assertion that everyone else’s marriage is a mystery, and that we can never know the depths of love or loathing from the outside.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“Last summer there was lots of kind of fear and loathing about AI,” Lichtenberg said, “and I feel like there’s been a vibe shift.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“We wear your loathing with pride,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X addressed to S&P, adding that the company “is and remains extremely profitable.”

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

While taking this stand, the authors also used the letter to "assert without reservation our absolute opposition to and loathing of antisemitism, of anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli prejudice".

From BBC • May 28, 2025

My mother’s face showed disgust and moral loathing.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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