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UK
/lˈəʊθsʌm/
]
[ US /ˈɫoʊðsəm, ˈɫoʊθsəm/ ]
[ US /ˈɫoʊðsəm, ˈɫoʊθsəm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
causing or able to cause nausea
nauseous offal
a nauseating smell
a sickening stench -
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
a disgusting smell
a loathsome disease
revolting food
a wicked stench
distasteful language
the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
How To Use loathsome In A Sentence
- In private, feel free to vent your spleen, cry, denounce the other party as a loathsome cad.
- Always enjoyable, Timothy Spall is fantastically weasel-like as the unmasked Peter Pettigrew, every bit as loathsome as can be expected.
- I'd like to propose my own candidate for the most loathsome display of demagoguery in the past 25 years.
- He's a completely loathsome and utterly shallow creep and I look forward to a swift garotting moment in the very near future. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- What a loathsome creature he is!
- As the heavy door fell into place he felt thud after thud after sickening thud as the loathsome creatures outside crashed into the building.
- Set within the confines of a crumbling mansion, a child bride finds an unusual way to escape from her loathsome mill owner husband.
- A thick paste smeared in the oven and left overnight makes that loathsome task easier without the need for chemical cleaners. Times, Sunday Times
- Victims suffered from bad breath, a loathsome cadaverous stink from within according to one contemporary, and other symptoms included high fever, acute stomach pains and bluish black spots on the body.
- My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. Christianity Today