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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) 2.0 [wn]:

  loathing
       n : hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination},
            {detestation}, {execration}, {odium}]

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