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How to pronounce loathsome in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile
Derivation loathsomeness
Type Words
Synonyms disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
Derivation loathsomeness


a loathsome disease.

Examples of loathsome

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The winning teams of the opposition will turn out to be unambiguously loathsome.
From the world.time.com
Who knows what sort of loathsome detritus he'd seen while parking celebrity SUVs?
From the news-journalonline.com
Even though Greenberg is loathsome, he is a memorable character with a back story.
From the theatlantic.com
It's always fun to see loathsome political figures skewered on the big screen.
From the sfgate.com
Race-baiting and anti-Muslim bigotry on the campaign trail are vile and loathsome.
From the theatlantic.com
And let's suppose Maddow's statement were as loathsome as Kirchick seems to think.
From the scienceblogs.com
Rick Scott maybe the most loathsome s.o.b. out there but he is spending money.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Traffic jams are regularly as bad as anything in the fearsome, loathsome city.
From the time.com
Schulz was truly loathsome, not talented enough to lace his own skates without help.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
More examples
  • Nauseating: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
  • Disgusting: 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"
  • (loathsomeness) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us"
  • Disgust is an emotion that is typically associated with things that are regarded as unclean, inedible, infectious,or otherwise offensive. For example, "I am disgusted by the stench and sight of that heap of rotting viscera. ...
  • Highly offensive; sickening, abominable
  • (loathsomeness) The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing