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loathsome

[lohth-suhm, lohth-]

Origin

adjective

causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English lothsom. See loath, -some¹

Related forms

loath·some·ly, adverb

loath·some·ness, noun

un·loath·some, adjective

Can be confused: loath, loathe, loathsome.

Synonyms
offensive, repellent, detestable, abhorrent, abominable.

Antonyms
attractive.

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loathsome (ˈləʊðsəm)

—*adj*
	causing loathing; abhorrent

'loathsomely

—*adv*

'loathsomeness

—n

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Word Origin & History

loathsome

c.1300, from loath in its older, stronger sense + -some.

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"I am apt to think, if we knew what it was to be an angel for one hour, we should return to this world, though it were to sit on the brightest throne in it, with vastly more loathing and reluctance than we would now descend into a loathsome dungeon or sepulchre."

-George Berkeley

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