Associations to the word «Loathsome»

Pictures for the word «Loathsome»

Wiktionary

LOATHSOME, adjective. Highly offensive; sickening, abominable

Dictionary definition

LOATHSOME, adjective. Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench".
LOATHSOME, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne