I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.
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Loathing
//ˈləʊðɪŋ//
Synonyms for "loathing" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesform of
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 21 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- নফরৎ noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ненавист noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- омраза noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Catalan
1 entries- aversió noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Dutch
1 entries- afkeer noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Esperanto
3 entries- abomeno noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- abomeno noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- malamego noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Finnish
3 entries- iljetys noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- inho noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- vastenmielisyys noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
French
1 entries- dégoût noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
German
3 entries- Abscheu noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- Ekel noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- Hass noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Hungarian
2 entries- iszony noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- iszonyat noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Irish
2 entries- déistin noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- gnás noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Japanese
2 entries- むかつき noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- 嫌悪 noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Latin
1 entries- fastīdium noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äakjel noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Portuguese
2 entries- abominação noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- ódio noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Romanian
4 entries- aversiune noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- dezgust noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- silă noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- ură noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Russian
1 entries- отвраще́ние noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgreamh noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Spanish
4 entries- asco noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- odio noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- repelo noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- repugnancia noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Swedish
1 entries- avsky noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ykāṃṣe noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нена́висть noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
- оги́да noun (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sami developed loathing for his family.
Source: tatoeba (6709474)
The loathing is my shepherd.
Source: tatoeba (12248464)
The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.
Source: wiktionary
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