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loathsome

loath·some

UK/ˈləʊð.səm/ US/ˈləʊθ.səm/ uncommon

adjective

1.

causing or able to cause nausea

  • “a nauseating smell”
  • “nauseous offal”
  • “a sickening stench”
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”

Origin

From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *lāþsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþasam, equivalent to loath + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).

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