Loathe
6 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
To feel intense dislike or disgust towards something or someone.
“She loathes the sound of nails on a chalkboard and leaves the room immediately.”
Pronunciation
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/loʊð/
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Wordle
Ends in -THE, an unusual Wordle pattern, contains three vowels O, A, E making it vowel-rich and distinctive
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Scrabble
Worth 11 points, H scores 4 points, the TH combination is valuable in Scrabble and the final E enables extension
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