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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Loathing \Loath"ing\, noun Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.
The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Loathe \Loathe\ (l[=o][th]), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Loathed} (l[=o][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loathing}.] [AS. l[=a][eth]ian to hate. See {Loath}.]
1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. --Cowley.
2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.
The secret which I loathe. --Waller.
She loathes the vital sir. --Dryden.
Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See {Hate}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
loathing
noun: hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination}, {detestation}, {execration}, {odium}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "loathing": Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abhorrent, abomination, allergy, antagonism, anti-Semitism, antipathy, averse to, aversion, bigotry, cold sweat, creeping flesh, despitefulness, detestation, disgust, disgusted, dislike, enmity, execration, hate, hating, hatred, horror, hostility, malevolence, malice, malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, mortal horror, nausea, odium, race hatred, racism, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, shuddering, spite, spitefulness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobia
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