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The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
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loathsomeness
Word definitions for loathsomeness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loathsome \Loath"some\, a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease. The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. --Macaulay. -- Loath"some*ly . adv. -- Loath"some*ness , n.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions [syn: repulsiveness , sliminess , vileness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing. 2 (cx countable English) A loathsome thing.
Usage examples of loathsomeness.
Dmitri, and, I swear, I even did anticipate some sort of loathsomeness from you .
And all of them were exuding combat-stink of such loathsomeness that even the frigid blast of the wind did not suffice to protect those nearby.
In this way those articles of the Materia Medica which had nothing but loathsomeness to recommend them have been gradually dropped, and are not like to obtain any general favor again with civilized communities.
No human mind could apperceive its structure, or figure its lineaments, or live to tell of the horror of its ugliness, its loathsomeness, its frightfulness.
Then in anger the Prince would have given her to his bowab at the gates, or to the Nile, after the manner of a Turk or a Persian tyrant--may God purge him of his loathsomeness .
Alone there, he faced the night which fell as heavily as the scree of despair against the back of his neck, faced the unglimmering emerald loathsomeness of the Stone, faced the sick, red-green veined fire-and hugged his own dread within the silence of his heart.