: giving rise to loathing : disgusting
a loathsome disease
Smoking is a loathsome habit.
loathsomely
adverb
loathsomeness
noun
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we traced the foul smell to a pile of loathsome garbage by the back wall
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Denzel Washington was gruesomely low down in the dirt as a cop willing to wield his privilege against vulnerable Black and brown communities in 2001’s admittedly loathsome Training Day.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
Get this: This loathsome species is getting bigger and nastier thanks to climate change.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
But these loathsome pests represent an almost unimaginably small fraction of the planet’s insect diversity.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
That climaxes somewhat predictably with a big speech at loathsome Andrew’s expense.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
Get this: This loathsome species is getting bigger and nastier thanks to climate change.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
But these loathsome pests represent an almost unimaginably small fraction of the planet’s insect diversity.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
That climaxes somewhat predictably with a big speech at loathsome Andrew’s expense.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Loathsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathsome. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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