: giving rise to loathing : disgusting
a loathsome disease
Smoking is a loathsome habit.
loathsomely
adverb
loathsomeness
noun
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Examples of loathsome in a Sentence
we traced the foul smell to a pile of loathsome garbage by the back wall
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Each chapter, often centered on loathsome political hearings, is part rousing, part enraging.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
When her loathsome brother Curtis (Desmond Eastwood) goes missing, Doireann emerges from hiding with vengeance in her heart.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The neglect of our laws creates the conditions whereby the world’s most desperate people put their lives and their children’s lives into the hands of the most loathsome and exploitative traffickers.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
Scorsese reshaped the film’s narrative around DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart, who makes for an unconventional lead — a spineless factotum, alternately loving and loathsome.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
When her loathsome brother Curtis (Desmond Eastwood) goes missing, Doireann emerges from hiding with vengeance in her heart.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The neglect of our laws creates the conditions whereby the world’s most desperate people put their lives and their children’s lives into the hands of the most loathsome and exploitative traffickers.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
Scorsese reshaped the film’s narrative around DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart, who makes for an unconventional lead — a spineless factotum, alternately loving and loathsome.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Loathsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathsome. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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