1. (adj.)loathsome causingfeelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
Definition of 'loathsome'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile causing or able to causenausea "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
2. (adj)disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky 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"
Definition of 'loathsome'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)loathsome fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting