“How to use Loathed in a sentence. As he loathed fish, so he loathed clerical fanaticism. She wondered what she’d ever feared or loathed about the harmless, ill-made book. Ever since I was a child, I’ve always loathed allegory.”
I was trying to google how to make a sentence with the word loath. I couldn’t figure out the meaning of the first sentence. Why would a person loathed fish, loathed clerical fanaticism?
It’s making a comparison. It means he loathed clerical fanaticism in a similar way that he loathed fish.
The root is loathe not loath. They have different meanings and are sometimes pronounced differently.
Loathe means to hate.
Loath means reluctant.
I loathe fish. ( I hate fish. )
I am very tired and loath to drive further tonight.
( Reluctant - usually followed by an infinitive verb )
Neither word is common. I am a native speaker and have never used either word. I don’t think I have ever heard anyone use either word.