• Loathsome

    Origin

    From Middle English lothsum, as if loath + -some.

    Full definition of loathsome

    Adjective

    loathsome

    1. highly offensive; sickening, abominable

    Usage notes

    Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.

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