loathsome
English
Etymology
From Middle English lothsum, equivalent to loath + -some.
Adjective
loathsome (comparative more loathsome, superlative most loathsome)
- Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., OCLC 34363729, page 334:
- Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.
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Usage notes
- Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.
Derived terms
Translations
highly offensive; abominable, sickening
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Further reading
- loathsome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- loathsome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- loathsome at OneLook Dictionary Search
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