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Definition of Loathsome
1. Adjective. Causing or able to cause nausea. "A sickening stench"
Exact synonyms: Nauseating, Nauseous, Noisome, Offensive, Queasy, Sickening, Vile
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Loathsomeness, Nauseatingness, Nausea, Noisomeness, Offend, Offensiveness, Sickeningness, Vileness
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Loathsomeness, Nauseatingness, Nausea, Noisomeness, Offend, Offensiveness, Sickeningness, Vileness
2. Adjective. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. "A wicked stench"
Exact synonyms: Disgustful, Disgusting, Distasteful, Foul, Loathly, Repellant, Repellent, Repelling, Revolting, Skanky, Wicked, Yucky
Similar to: Offensive
Derivative terms: Disgustingness, Distastefulness, Loathsomeness, Repel, Repel, Repel, Repel, Skank, Wickedness
Similar to: Offensive
Derivative terms: Disgustingness, Distastefulness, Loathsomeness, Repel, Repel, Repel, Repel, Skank, Wickedness
Definition of Loathsome
1. a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.
Definition of Loathsome
1. Adjective. highly offensive; sickening, abominable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loathsome
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loathsome
Literary usage of Loathsome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1842)
"... to state the result of my experience, as regards the cure of scrofula, a
loathsome discale, which arises from weakness of constitution ; it is, in fact, ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"It is not pleasant, for instance, to find Hazlitt characterized as a "loathsome
dunce," or Leigh Hunt described as "holding his stinking breath;'* to see ..."
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