US /ˈloʊð.səm/ UK /ˈləʊð.səm/
adj Freq #25254

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    causing or able to cause nausea

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Synonyms
1 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”).

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