loathing
/ˈloʊðɪŋ/noun, verb
loathing is spelled L-O-A-T-H-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loathing means “Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loathing is loathings.
How many letters and syllables are in loathing?
| Letters | 8: L-O-A-T-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is loathing?
Loathing appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce loathing?
- UK /ˈləʊðɪŋ/
- US /ˈloʊðɪŋ/
Loathing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-loathing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with loathing?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as loathing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊðɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of loathing
- loathings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loathing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of loathe
- 2
obsoletepresent participle and gerund of loath
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Loathing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does loathing come from?
From the verb loathe. Compare loathsome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).