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English Dictionary: loathsome by the DICT Development Group
2 results for loathsome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loathsome
adj
  1. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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