0 to hate someone or something:
"Do you like fish?" "No, I loathe it."
[ + -ing verb ] I loathe doing housework.
1 to feel strong hate, dislike, or disgust for someone or something:
She, like him, polarized opinion; most people either adored her or loathed her.
If they loathe the ruling power, they don't expect anything better from its successor.
Local magistrates loathed litigation masters "as if they were snakes or scorpions," and the governments of the successive dynasties banned the profession as illegal.
Whether we understand it, like it or loathe it, it now conditions virtually every aspect of our lives.
Liberals in response have been loathe to concede the first point.
Capitalism-loved on the right, loathed on the left, but denied no longer-was back.
He feared and loathed poor performances and negative reactions to his music.
Love or loathe the post-modern revolution, this provocative work will be read with growing interest by both emerging and established students of adult ageing.