loathsome
Adjective Satellite
- causing or able to cause nausea
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- "a loathsome disease"
Adj
- Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, sickening, skanky, vile, wicked, yucky
Scrabble Score: 14
loathsome: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordloathsome: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
loathsome: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary