loathing

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊðɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊðɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊðɪŋ

Noun

loathing (countable and uncountable, plural loathings)

1. Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

   The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

Derived terms

• self-loathing

Translations

sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike

• Bengali: নফরৎ (bn) (nôfrôt)
• Bulgarian: омраза (bg) f (omraza), ненавист (bg) f (nenavist)
• Catalan: aversió (ca) f
• Dutch: afkeer (nl)
• Esperanto: abomeno (eo), abomeno (eo), malamego
• Finnish: inho (fi), vastenmielisyys (fi), iljetys (fi)
• French: dégoût (fr) m
• German: Hass (de) m, Ekel (de) m, Abscheu (de) f
• Hungarian: iszony (hu), iszonyat (hu)
• Irish: gnás f, déistin f
• Japanese: 嫌悪 (ja) (ken'o), むかつき (ja) (mukatsuki)
• Latin: fastīdium n
• Plautdietsch: Äakjel n
• Portuguese: ódio (pt) m, abominação (pt) f
• Romanian: ură (ro) f, aversiune (ro) f, dezgust (ro) n, silă (ro) f
• Russian: отвраще́ние (ru) n (otvraščénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgreamh m
• Spanish: odio (es), asco (es) m, repugnancia (es) f, repelo (es) m (coll.)
• Swedish: avsky (sv)
• Tocharian B: ykāṃṣe
• Ukrainian: оги́да (uk) f (ohýda), нена́висть f (nenávystʹ)

Verb

loathing

1. present participle and gerund of loathe
2. (obsolete) present participle and gerund of loath

Anagrams

• Hotaling