loathsome
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loathsome
- /ˈləʊð.səm/ UK
- /ˈləʊθ.səm/ UK
- /ˈloʊð.səm/ US
- /ˈloʊθ.səm/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective more loathsome · most loathsome · loathesome · lothsome
- Highly offensive; abominable, sickening. Come on my Lords the better foot before, / Straight vvill I bring you to the lothſome pit, / VVhere I eſpied the Panther faſt a ſleepe.
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adj highly offensive; abominable, sickening
| Español | aborrecible, detestable, odioso, abominable, repugnante, nefando |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 厭わしい itowashii |
| 中文 | 憎惡 /憎恶 zēngwù, zēng'è |
| Português | nojento, repugnante, abominável, asqueroso, desprezível, detestável |
| Français | odieux, dégoûtant |
| Deutsch | ekelhaft, abscheulich, scheußlich, widerlich, widerwärtig, verabscheuenswürdig |
| Italiano | laido, odioso, detestabile |
| Ελληνικά | απαίσιος apaísios, επάρατος epáratos |
| Română | detestabil, odios, dezgustător |
| Русский | отврати́тельный otvratítelʹnyj, омерзи́тельный omerzítelʹnyj, отта́лкивающий ottálkivajuščij, га́дкий gádkij, проти́вный protívnyj |
| العربية | سافل |
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