'Loathsome' definitions:
Definition of 'loathsome'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
adjective
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" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]
Definition of 'Loathsome'
From: GCIDE
- Loathsome \Loath"some\, a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease. [1913 Webster]
- The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. --Macaulay. -- {Loath"some*ly}. adv. -- {Loath"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'loathsome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- base,
- beastly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- contemptible,
- crude,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dire,
- disgusting,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- frightful,
- fulsome,
- ghastly,
- grievous,
- grisly,
- gross,
- gruesome,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- hideous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- ignoble,
- infamous,
- invidious,
- lamentable,
- lousy,
- malodorous,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- monstrous,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- rank,
- rebarbative,
- regrettable,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- reprehensible,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- sad,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sickening,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- stinking,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- unclean,
- vile,
- villainous,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched