Loathsome

Quick meaning: Loathsome is an adjective meaning Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

Meaning

Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

Example Sentences

Come on my Lords the better foot before, / Straight vvill I bring you to the lothſome pit, / VVhere I eſpied the Panther faſt a ſleepe.

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.

That grave but yesterday received one who was to have been his bride—his betrothed from childhood for whose sake he had been to far lands and gathered much wealth, but who had pined in his absence and died. He flung himself on the loathsome place, and the night-wind bore around the ravings of his despair.

Word Forms

• loathesome

Synonyms for loathsome

Depending on context, synonyms include wicked, vile, foul, revolting, offensive, distasteful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include loathly, distasteful, noisome, unwholesome, nauseating, disgustful.

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