As for physical exercise, although I loathe most sports (I think they're really boring), I do like going to the gym to lift weights.
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Loathe
//ˈləʊð//
Synonyms for "loathe" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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Translations
66 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βδελύσσομαι verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- στυγέω verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Armenian
2 entries- գարշել verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- զզվել verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ненавиждам verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Catalan
2 entries- avorrir verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- detestar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 厭惡 /厌恶 verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- 嫌惡 /嫌恶 verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- 討厭 /讨厌 verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Czech
2 entries- hnusit si verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- ošklivit si verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Danish
2 entries- afsky verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- hade verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Dutch
1 entries- verafschuwen verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Esperanto
2 entries- abomeni verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- malamegi verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Estonian
2 entries- jälestama verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- vihkama verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Finnish
1 entries- inhota verb (to detest, hate, revile)
French
3 entries- détester verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- exécrer verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- haïr verb (to detest, hate, revile)
German
3 entries- ablehnen verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- hassen verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- verabscheuen verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyűlöl verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- ki nem állhat verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- utál verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Ido
3 entries- abominar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- odiegar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- repugnesar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Ingrian
1 entries- inhota verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Italian
4 entries- abominare verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- aborrire verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- detestare verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- odiare verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Japanese
3 entries- 唾棄する verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- 大嫌い verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- 忌み嫌う verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Latin
1 entries- abōminor verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Malayalam
1 entries- വെറുക്കുക verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡴᡳᠨᡠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Māori
2 entries- mauāhara verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- whakaetieti verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Norwegian
1 entries- avsky verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Persian
1 entries- متنفر بودن verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Polish
2 entries- gardzić verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- nienawidzić verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Portuguese
1 entries- detestar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Romanian
3 entries- detesta verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- dușmăni verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- urî verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Russian
3 entries- не выноси́ть verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- не люби́ть verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- ненави́деть verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Scots
1 entries- laith verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fuathaich verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Spanish
3 entries- detestar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- odiar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
- repugnar verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Telugu
1 entries- అసహ్యించుకొను verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Turkish
1 entries- iğrenmek verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎌𐎐𐎀 verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нена́видіти verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿײַנט האָבן verb (to detest, hate, revile)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I just loathe people who tell lies.
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We loathe horror films.
Source: tatoeba (5101114)
I loathe you.
Source: tatoeba (5608632)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.