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loathe

verb [T]
 
 
/ləʊð/ US  /loʊð/

Definition

C2 to hate someone or something: From an early age the brothers have loathed each other. "Do you like fish?" "No, I loathe it." [+ -ing verb] I loathe doing housework.Not liking
(Definition of loathe verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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