loathsome

Meaning

Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

Synonyms

detestable

disgusting

repulsive

abhorrent

abominable

nasty

vile

hateful

awful

horrible

odious

nauseating

foul

revolting

repugnant

hideous

ghastly

nauseous

accursed

gruesome

execrable

offensive

atrocious

noisome

repellent

distasteful

mean

obnoxious

horrid

unclean

loathful

queasy

loathly

lousy

disagreeable

sickening

despicable

defiling

unfit

ugly

contaminating

fetid

abject

depraved

disgustful

gross

ignoble

loath

low

lowlife

Translations

afschuwelijk

abscheulich

abominable

verabscheuenswert

scheußlich

verabscheuenswürdig

horrible

repugnante

abominabel

gräulich

atrox

abominabilis

aversabilis

orribile

gräßlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈləʊð.səm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lothsum

Inherited from Old English: *lāþsum

Cognate with Middle Low German: lêtsam

Cognate with German: leidsam

In summary

From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *lāþsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþasam, equivalent to loath + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).