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loathsomeness

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loath·some  (lsm, lth-)
adj.
Arousing loathing; abhorrent. See Synonyms at offensive.
[Middle English lothsome : loth, hateful; see loath + -som, adj. suff.; see -some1.]
loathsome·ly adv.
loathsome·ness n.
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Noun1.loathsomenessloathsomeness - the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us"
repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness
odiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness - the quality of being offensive


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The warriors licked their hideous lips in anticipation of the feast to come, and vied with one another in the savagery and loathsomeness of the cruel indignities with which they tortured the still conscious prisoner.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
You must understand that I was so far from suspecting infidelity, I regarded it as impossible, and then-- try to imagine it--with such ideas, to find out suddenly all the horror, all the loathsomeness.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I say nothing of the loathsomeness of the life here.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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