: extreme disgust : detestation
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
Examples of loathing in a Sentence
She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
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Rubio has a special loathing for Nicolás Maduro, whose regime devastated Venezuela’s economy and sent millions of citizens streaming out of the country.
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
One of the series’ most creative elements is the variety of scowls Graham deploys while arguing with Hezekiah, Mary, or his younger brother, Treacle (James Nelson-Joyce), a pragmatic family man who represents everything Sugar’s life could have been if he weren’t filled with so much self-loathing.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
His loathing for totalitarianism was among the very few hatreds Reagan ever held, his biographer Edmund Morris said.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
One of the series’ most creative elements is the variety of scowls Graham deploys while arguing with Hezekiah, Mary, or his younger brother, Treacle (James Nelson-Joyce), a pragmatic family man who represents everything Sugar’s life could have been if he weren’t filled with so much self-loathing.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
His loathing for totalitarianism was among the very few hatreds Reagan ever held, his biographer Edmund Morris said.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
There’s an aspect of self-loathing here that Visser leaves alone.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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