Local English word record

loathsome

adjective · 2 senses

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

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Examples

  • a disgusting smell
  • distasteful language
  • a loathsome disease
  • the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
  • revolting food

Word relationships

Synonyms

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

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This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.

Princeton WordNet 3.0