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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOATHSOME, a.
1. Disgusting; exciting disgust.
2. Hateful; abhorred; detestable.
3. Causing fastidiousness. [See Lothesome.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
2: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. arousing hatred or disgust; offensive, repulsive. Derivatives: loathsomely adv. loathsomeness n. Etymology: ME f. loath disgust f. LOATHE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loathsome Loath"some, a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting. The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. --Macaulay. -- Loath"some*ly. adv. -- Loath"some*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone or something as loathsome, you are indicating how much you dislike them or how much they disgust you. ...the loathsome spectacle we were obliged to witness. = repulsive ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Disgusting, sickening, nauseous, nauseating, repulsive, offensive, revolting, palling. 2. Hateful, detestable, odious, shocking, abominable, abhorrent, execrable.

Moby Thesaurus

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