Loathing
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noun.
Great dislike; abhorrence.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Extreme disgust; abhorrence.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Sense of
revulsion
,
distaste
,
detestation
, extreme
hatred
or
dislike
.
verb.
Present participle of
loathe
.
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noun.
hate coupled with disgust
Word Usage
"It's all part of the legacy of abuse and neglect thing: self-loathing is yet another toxic behavior instilled by a crappy childhood."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
disgust
hate
hatred
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Anglophobia
Russophobia
abhorrence
abhorrence
abhorrent
verb-stem
loathe