Meanings
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adj
causing or able to cause nausea
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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adj
· causing or able to cause...
offensive
Word family
Forms
loathsomeness
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”).