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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. causing or able to cause nausea;
- Example: "a nauseating smell"
- Example: "nauseous offal"
- Example: "a sickening stench"
[syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]

2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
- Example: "a disgusting smell"
- Example: "distasteful language"
- Example: "a loathsome disease"
- Example: "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"
- Example: "revolting food"
- Example: "a wicked stench"
[syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Loathsome \Loath"some\, a.
   Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a
   loathsome disease.
   [1913 Webster]

         The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.
                                                  --Macaulay.
   -- Loath"some*ly. adv. -- Loath"some*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

loathsome
    adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
           "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn:
           nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy,
           loathsome, 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, loathsome, repellent,
       repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked,
       yucky]