Usually means: Causing hatred or disgust; abhorrent.
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  1. loathsome: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. loathsome: Merriam-Webster
  3. loathsome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. loathsome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. loathsome: Collins English Dictionary
  6. loathsome: Vocabulary.com
  7. Loathsome, loathsome: Wordnik
  8. loathsome: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. loathsome: Wiktionary
  10. loathsome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. loathsome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. loathsome: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Loathsome, loathsome: Dictionary.com
  14. Loathsome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. loathsome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. loathsome: Rhymezone
  17. Loathsome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. loathsome: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. loathsome: FreeDictionary.org
  20. loathsome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. loathsome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. loathsome: Legal dictionary

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  1. loathsome: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (loathsome)

▸ adjective:  Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

Similar:
disgusting, loathly, disgustful, distasteful, offensive, noisome, vile, wicked, nauseating, sickening, more...

Opposite:
lovely, wonderful, amazing, great, fantastic

Phrases:
more loathsome, loathsome one, loathsome person, find loathsome, a disgusting or loathsome act, more...

Colors:
    olive,     bile,     mustard,     sickly green,     vomit green, more...



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Similar:
disgusting, loathly, disgustful, distasteful, offensive, noisome, vile, wicked, nauseating, sickening, more...

Opposite:
lovely, wonderful, amazing, great, fantastic

Phrases:
more loathsome, loathsome one, loathsome person, find loathsome, a disgusting or loathsome act, more...

Colors:
    olive,     bile,     mustard,     sickly green,     vomit green, more...



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