loatheとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈləʊð/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈloʊð/
• 韻: -əʊð

動詞

loathe (third-person singular simple present loathes, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)

1. (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).

   Synonyms: abhor, abominate, despise

   I loathe scrubbing toilets.

   I absolutely loathe this place.

   • a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Of Agriculture:

     Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.

   • 1576, George Whetstone, “The Castle of Delight: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, […] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], →OCLC, page 20:

     To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]

   • 1736, Andrew Gray, “Sermon VI. Acts xxvi. 18. [...]”, in Great and Precious Promises: or, Some Sermons Concerning the Promises, and the Right Application thereof. […], Glasgow: Printed by William Duncan, […], →OCLC, page 115:

     […] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]

   • 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnet XXXII”, in Sonnets from the Portuguese:

     Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe

   • 2003 October 13, The New Yorker:

     This movie is a historical achievement: Clint Eastwood, an icon of violence, has made us loathe violence as an obscenity. “Mystic River” hurts the way sad stories always hurt, but the craft and love with which it has been made transfigure pain into a moviegoer’s rapture

2. (obsolete) To induce or inspire disgust (in a person)
   • 1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act V, signature H2, verso:

     How heartily he serves me! his face loathes one,
     But look upon his care, who would not love him?

使用する際の注意点

Not to be confused with the related adjective loath, though loathe is used for loath as a nonstandard spelling.

別の表記

• loath (obsolete)

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:hate

派生語

関連する語

• loath, loth

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “loathe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “loathe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Athole, Theola