loathsome
adjective
causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive.
loathsomeness
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a word derived from
loathsome.
Example Sentences
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Even as we suspect that, we also accept that Nile’s loathsomeness fails to negate his continued influence in this drama’s version of New York.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
Some fans of the first season took a while to warm to it—a measure, perhaps, of the characters’ loathsomeness.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 14, 2019
But forgive me if, as a guy, I take particular offense at his attempt to conscript me and mine as conspirators in his loathsomeness, to make us guys human shields for his repugnant juvenility.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2016
Craving and predicting the manner of Ramsay’s end had become an online parlor game in recent weeks, a testament to the sublime loathsomeness Mr. Rheon cultivated in Ramsay.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2016
A gutter ran along one side of the close against the wall, and this, though so early in the day, was in a state of loathsomeness not to be described.
From Notes on Old Edinburgh by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
