loathsome
pronunciation
How to pronounce loathsome in British English:
UK [ˈləʊðsəm]
How to pronounce loathsome in American English:
US [ˈloʊðsəm]
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- Adjective:
- causing or able to cause nausea
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Word Origin
- loathsome (adj.)
- c. 1300, "foul, detestable," from loath in its older, stronger sense + -some (1). Related: Loathsomely; loathsomeness.
Example
- 1. The hour in which even your happiness becometh loathsome unto you , and so also your reason and virtue .
- 2. If it is a government bureaucracy or a powerful monopolist , that 's a loathsome but sustainable choice .
- 3. Those in the west who rightly praise mr kagame for his achievements in development must also loudly lambast him for his loathsome and needless tendency to intolerance .
- 4. " Each individual in our work unit has to donate rmb 100 . It 's turning a good thing into something loathsome , " wrote a blogger .
- 5. For a man such as vladimir putin , who calls the collapse of the loathsome soviet union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century , using russia 's energy riches to pamper or punish its former vassals according to whim must seem like a natural thing to do .