loathing

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

loathing (countable and uncountable, plural loathings)

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

present participle and gerund of loathe
(obsolete) present participle and gerund of loath

Anagrams

Hotaling

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