LOATHES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

loathes

verb

present tense third-person singular of loathe

as in hates

to dislike strongly I simply loathe tapioca pudding

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Recent Examples of loathes The home crowd loathes Watson, whose contract still looms large on Cleveland’s cap sheet. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Ours is not a society that loathes charlatans; look who’s running things. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 Every neutral who loathes the Albiceleste makes a carve-out for the little genius. — Shann Biglione, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Four-time champion Max Verstappen loathes it so much he's questioned his future in F1. — ABC News, 4 May 2026 As Andrew hires a lawyer (Denzel Washington) to sue his former employer for discrimination, Hanks movingly portrays a man fighting for his life in a society that fears and loathes him. — Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026 Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026 Trump loathes Barack Obama, and yet his strategy here seems to be exactly what Obama did, minus a few more allies, in Libya. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026 Fleming, in fact, loathes the idea of his own podcast and the prospect of sitting and chatting endlessly about his private life for public consumption. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026

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hates

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Devin irrationally hates her and has been trying to get her out since the beginning.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Belichick is just as famous as Sanders, but finding a man on the street who loves or hates Belichick (and isn’t a Jets or Dolphins fan) would be difficult.

— David Ubben, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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