loathsome

  • 11loathsome — adjective very unpleasant or cruel; disgusting: How I detest you, you loathsome creature! loathsomeness noun (U) …

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  • 12loathsome — adjective his first wife was a loathsome creature Syn: hateful, detestable, abhorrent, repulsive, odious, repugnant, repellent, disgusting, revolting, sickening, abominable, despicable, contemptible, reprehensible, execrable, damnable; vile,… …

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  • 13loathsome — loath•some [[t]ˈloʊð səm, ˈloʊθ [/t]] adj. causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300 loath′some•ly, adv. loath′some•ness, n …

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  • 14loathsome — adjective Etymology: Middle English lothsum, from loth evil, from Old English lāth, from lāth, adjective Date: 14th century giving rise to loathing ; disgusting • loathsomely adverb • loathsomeness noun …

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  • 15loathsome — adjective highly offensive; sickening, abominable …

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  • 16loathsome — Synonyms and related words: abhorrent, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blameworthy, brutal, contemptible, crude, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, egregious,… …

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  • 17loathsome — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obnoxious, deplorable, disgusting; see offensive 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. abhorrent, disgusting, revolting, despicable, detestable, contemptible, distasteful, abominable, hateful, repugnant, deplorable. ANT …

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  • 18loathsome — loath|some [ louðsəm ] adjective very bad or unpleasant …

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  • 20loathsome — loath·some || ləʊsÉ™m adj. repulsive, disgusting, abhorrent, despicable …

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