What does loathsome mean?

Definitions for loathsome
ˈloʊð səm, ˈloʊθ-loath·some

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word loathsome.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vileadjective

    causing or able to cause nausea

    "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

  2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. loathsomeadjective

    highly offensive; sickening, abominable

  2. Etymology: From lothsum, as if.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Loathsomeadjective

    Etymology: from loath.

    The fresh young fly
    Did much disdain to subject his desire
    To loathsome sloth, or hours in ease to waste. Edmund Spenser.

    While they pervert pure nature’s healthful rules
    To loathsome sickness. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

    If we consider man in such a loathsome and provoking condition, was it not love enough that he was permitted to enjoy a being. Robert South, Sermons.

    The sweetest honey
    Is loathsome in its own deliciousness,
    And in the taste confounds the appetite. William Shakespeare.

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  1. loathsome

    Loathsome refers to something that causes intense disgust, revulsion, or aversion; it is something detestable or repugnant. It can refer to the nature, appearance, behavior, or effect of a person, object, or situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loathsomeadjective

    fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of loathsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of loathsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of loathsome in a Sentence

  1. Margaret Mead:

    Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.

  2. Albert Einstein:

    Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

  3. Tucker Carlson:

    I'm not mad at anyone at Fox, if I was, I'd say so. I'm mad at you for lying relentlessly. What a loathsome person you are. Please print that.

  4. John Sifton:

    It's easy to say, ‘Oh, we should just cut off the Taliban, cut off this country from the world,’ but we're fast approaching a point where we need to recognize that despite being a loathsome, rights-abusing regime, we're going to have to do business with these folks if we want to help the people we care about and help the Afghans who have gotten stuck behind.

  5. John Sifton:

    The Senate report makes it easier for loathsome foreign regimes to criticize the United States' human rights record, which drives home another key reason why the CIA's abuses need to be thoroughly renounced.

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  • كريهArabic
  • abscheulich, ekelhaftGerman
  • απαίσιος, επάρατοςGreek
  • inhottavaFinnish
  • détestable, odieux, dégoûtantFrench
  • wetiwetiMāori
  • dezgustător, detestabil, odiosRomanian
  • гадкий, отталкивающий, омерзительный, отвратительный, противныйRussian

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