loathsome

[ lohth-suhm, lohth- ]

/ ˈloʊð səm, ˈloʊθ- /

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adjective

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

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offensive, repellent, detestable, abhorrent, abominable.

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OPPOSITES FOR loathsome

attractive.

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Origin of loathsome

First recorded in 1250–1300, loathsome is from the Middle English word lothsom.See loath, -some¹

OTHER WORDS FROM loathsome

loath·some·ly, adverbloath·some·ness, nounun·loath·some, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH loathsome

loath, loathe, loathsome

Words nearby loathsome

loath, loathe, loathful, loathing, loathly, loathsome, loaves, loaves and fishes, lob, Lobachevski, Lobachevsky

How to use loathsome in a sentence

The idea of a woman being in charge was so loathsome to the military that when it came to pass, in the person of Aung San Suu Kyi, the generals banned people from saying her name or displaying her picture.
Myanmar's Women Are Fighting for a New Future After a Long History of Military Oppression|MiMi Aye|June 1, 2021|Time
Freddy Carter plays Kaz Brekker as loathsome and lovable in all the right ways—always emotionally removed, but with vulnerability simmering just beneath the surface.
Netflix’s ‘Shadow and Bone’ Is a Chaotic, Confounding, Totally Engrossing Ride|Laura Bradley|April 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
After 90 minutes of cocktail time, I am at my loathsome best.
Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer|P. J. O’Rourke|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is a festival of joy for being created this way after centuries of being told that we are sinful, loathsome, and disgusting.
June, The Month When Pride Isn’t a Sin|Gene Robinson|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I am sure that this happens, as loathsome as I know it to be.
When Doctors Ignore ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders|Russell Saunders|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Give them an anti-hero so loathsome it would be immoral to root for them, and then dare them to do just that.
‘Boy Parts’ Proves ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ Is the Boldest Drama on TV|Kevin Fallon|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After all, ragemongering bomb throwers thrive best when the oh-so-loathsome enemy is in power.
Ted Cruz’s Biggest Cheerleaders Are (Where Else?) on Right-Wing Talk Radio|Michelle Cottle|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They poured into the ear of the humiliated queen the most revolting and loathsome execrations.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
But the loathsome death of this brutal voluptuary soon delivered the church from the most implacable of its foes.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Because of a quibble on his part this loathsome thing would ruin his future, dash his hopes to the ground, blacken his life.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
Next morning churning had again become loathsome, sweeping was hard work, and dinner was a barbarous institution.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major
Is it war, I ask you, to seek to poison the drinking water of an enemy, to send stalking into their midst some loathsome disease?
The Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for loathsome

loathsome

/ (ˈləʊðsəm) /

adjective

causing loathing; abhorrent

Derived forms of loathsome

loathsomely, adverbloathsomeness, noun

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