loathe

Etymology

Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid.

verb

1. (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
   I loathe scrubbing toilets.
   I absolutely loathe this place.
   Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread. a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Of Agriculture
   […] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […] 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
   Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnet XXXII”, in Sonnets from the Portuguese
   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 13 October 2003, The New Yorker
2. (obsolete) To induce or inspire disgust (in a person)