Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loathing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loathe \Loathe\ (l[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loathed}
(l[=o][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loathing}.] [AS. l[=a][eth]ian
to hate. See {Loath}.]
1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
--Cowley.
2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
The secret which I loathe. --Waller.
She loathes the vital sir. --Dryden.
Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See {Hate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loathing \Loath"ing\, n.
Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence,
or detestation.
The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races.
--Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loathing
n : hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination},
{detestation}, {execration}, {odium}]
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