Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to loathe
Participle: loathed
Gerund: loathing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | loathe |
| you | loathe |
| he;she;it | loathes |
| we | loathe |
| you | loathe |
| they | loathe |
Perfect
| I | have loathed |
| you | have loathed |
| he;she;it | has loathed |
| we | have loathed |
| you | have loathed |
| they | have loathed |
Past
| I | loathed |
| you | loathed |
| he;she;it | loathed |
| we | loathed |
| you | loathed |
| they | loathed |
Pluperfect
| I | had loathed |
| you | had loathed |
| he;she;it | had loathed |
| we | had loathed |
| you | had loathed |
| they | had loathed |
Future
| I | will loathe |
| you | will loathe |
| he;she;it | will loathe |
| we | will loathe |
| you | will loathe |
| they | will loathe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have loathed |
| you | will have loathed |
| he;she;it | will have loathed |
| we | will have loathed |
| you | will have loathed |
| they | will have loathed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | loathe |
| you | loathe |
| he;she;it | loathe |
| we | loathe |
| you | loathe |
| they | loathe |
Perfect
| I | have loathed |
| you | have loathed |
| he;she;it | have loathed |
| we | have loathed |
| you | have loathed |
| they | have loathed |
Imperfect
| I | loathed |
| you | loathed |
| he;she;it | loathed |
| we | loathed |
| you | loathed |
| they | loathed |
Pluperfect
| I | had loathed |
| you | had loathed |
| he;she;it | had loathed |
| we | had loathed |
| you | had loathed |
| they | had loathed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would loathe |
| you | would loathe |
| he;she;it | would loathe |
| we | would loathe |
| you | would loathe |
| they | would loathe |
Perfect
| I | would have loathed |
| you | would have loathed |
| he;she;it | would have loathed |
| we | would have loathed |
| you | would have loathed |
| they | would have loathed |
Imperative
| you | loathe |
| we | Let's loathe |
| you | loathe |
Verbs conjugated like 'loathe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'loathe'
lathe,
loath,
lothe,
bathe,
clothe,
coath,
lath,
lather,
leather,
lithe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To hate, detest, revile
- hate
- detest
- hate, despise, abhor, abominate, reject, repudiate
Antonyms
- detest
- love, esteem, prize, prefer
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
laðian "to hate, to be disgusted with," from
lað "hostile" (see loath). Cognate with O.S.
lethon, O.N.
leiða. Loathsome is attested from c.1300.
2. From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid. See: Proto-Germanic '
*laiþāną', Danish '
lede', Icelandic '
leiðast'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] but custom with us does what Christianity ought to do,—obliterates the feeling of personal prejudice. I have often noticed, in my travels north, how much stronger this was with you than with us. You loathe them as you would a snake or a toad, yet you are indignant at their wrongs. You would not have them abused; but you don't want to have anything to do with them yourselves. You would send them to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] country has freedom of opinion, and presumes to think for himself, and speak for himself, without humble reference to a censorship which, for its rampant ignorance and base dishonesty, he utterly loathes and despises in his heart; when those who most acutely feel its infamy and the reproach it casts upon the nation, and who most denounce it to each other, dare to set their heels upon, and crush it [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ May be it's the way, ” she murmured to herself; “ but those that _have_ given up, there's no hope for them ! — none ! We live in filth, and grow loathsome, till we loathe ourselves ! And we long to die, and we don't dare to kill ourselves ! — No hope ! no hope ! no hope ? — this girl now,—just as old as I was ! ~~~ “ You see me now, ” she said, speaking to Tom very [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)