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loathsome

[ lohth-suhm, lohth- ]

adjective

  1. causing feelings of loathing; loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive:

    a loathsome skin disease.

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loathsome

/ ˈəʊðə /

adjective

  1. causing loathing; abhorrent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzٳdzԱ, noun
  • ˈDzٳdz, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dzٳsdz· adverb
  • Dzٳsdz·Ա noun
  • ܲ·Dzٳsdz adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of loathsome1

First recorded in 1250–1300, loathsome is from the Middle English word lothsom. See loath, -some 1
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Republicans have been swimming in decades of propaganda telling them liberals are the most loathsome people on the planet, making it all that much harder to admit that liberals were right all along.

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I mention that it’s amusing of him to say there’s a piece of himself in a character most people find pretty loathsome.

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Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who ran against Trump in the latest Republican primary, prosecuted the case at the time and called it “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he had seen.

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More than a quarter of a century later, Foster will step onto that same field Saturday night needing to prove himself anew against another team wearing the loathsome cardinal and gold.

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But if it has any lasting value, that may rest in its role as a loathsome parable of America’s tortured obsession with human bodies, ground into a sausage of fear and religiosity.

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