loathing

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.

Translations

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

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 (mukatsuki) Latin: fastīdium 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.)

Verb

loathing

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

Anagrams

• Hotaling