Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loathsome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loathsome \Loath"some\, a.
Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.
The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.
--Macaulay.
-- {Loath"some*ly}. adv. -- {Loath"some*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loathsome
adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: {nauseating},
{nauseous}, {noisome}, {offensive}, {sickening}, {vile}]
2: 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}, {repellent}, {repellant},
{repelling}, {revolting}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
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