loathsome

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British actor COLIN FIRTH finds small children "loathsome" - despite having three kids of his own.

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  1. adjective Arousing loathing; abhorrent. See Synonyms at offensive.

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  • Fat, loathsome--hideous It leaped closer, almost touched Stelle's feet The ex-senator screamed. —  093 - The Awful Dynasty
  • They were “the most abandoned wretches on the face of the earth”; they were “all that is vile, loathsome, and dangerous”; they were “more degraded and miserable than the slaves,” and ad infinitum through the whole gamut of falsehood and traduction. —  William Lloyd Garrison
  • British actor COLIN FIRTH finds small children "loathsome" - despite having three kids of his own. —  Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams
  • In what can only be described as a loathsome act of partisanship at approximately 11: 00am this morning New Hampshire Legislatures voted —  POLITICO MAFIOSO
  • Were Israel's behavior not so loathsome, the U.S. and international denial would be something to laugh at. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
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repulsive ·  filthy ·  hideous ·  noisome ·  detestable ·  abominable ·  unclean ·  poisonous ·  despicable ·  sordid ·  slimy ·  grotesque
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  1. Middle English lothsome : loth, hateful; see loath + -som, adj. suff.; see -some1.

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  1. from Middle English lothsum; from loath + -some.
 

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