loathsome [
'lәuðsәm]
a. 讨厌的, 可恶的, 令人憎恶的
loathsome[ adj ]- causing or able to cause nausea
<adj.all>
a nauseating smell
nauseous offal
a sickening stench
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
<adj.all>
a disgusting smell
distasteful language
a loathsome disease
the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
revolting food
a wicked stench
Loathsome \Loath"some\, a.
Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a
loathsome disease.
The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.
--Macaulay.
-- {Loath"some*ly}. adv. -- {Loath"some*ness}, n.
- Jay Patterson is good as Caliban, who has a real grievance against Prospero but whose personality is so loathsome that he forfeits sympathy.
- It was a crime so rare and loathsome that it went for centuries without a name.
- But while Mr. Dordies is a loathsome presence to some, not everyone here wishes him ill.