LOATHSOME Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

loathsome

adjective

ˈlōth-səm

Definition of loathsome

as in disgusting

causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment we traced the foul smell to a pile of loathsome garbage by the back wall

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Recent Examples of loathsome Platner is loathsome in so many ways. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026 Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026 Helping the audience understand loathsome people without understanding them is a more subtle, if equally essential, inheritance. — Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026 Most of Becket’s relatives are loathsome (Grace is funny as a fraudulent self-help quasi-religious guru), though his uncle (the great Bill Camp) is a decent fellow who wants to lend Becket a hand. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loathsome

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Adjective

Their fearless leader is the relentlessly disgusting, but equally brilliant Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) who insults, cajoles, and gaslights his foot-dragging staff into feats of daring heroism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026
Everyone starts tasting the varied, apparently disgusting, bottles.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of disgusting

Adjective

But the reason for this rather ugly framing device is that the team strives to educate the masses in the art of bankrobbing at the expense of being caught.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
Even when things got ugly under Carrick, the supporters chose to back the former midfielder, putting the blame firmly at the feet of the players and the club’s hierarchy.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of ugly

Adjective

Losing to the Tampa Bay Bucs starting an undrafted rookie quarterback was awful, and gagging the home game in overtime to the Awful Arizona Cardinals was worse; coming back in the fourth quarter to beat the Colts is almost just as bad.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2026
The only sign his group was listening to the awful things their friend/boss/son was being accused of was the very active facial expressions of Brand’s wife, Laura.

— Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of awful

Adjective

Advertisement In Brazil and South America, outbreaks of a fungus that causes a disfiguring and sometimes fatal skin disease have been sickening cats, dogs, and people.

— Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026
And, of course, leave it to Zendaya to add some sickening vintage to the WNBA Finals.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sickening

Adjective

There is the hideous poverty and working-class conditions—in the mines, the textile factories, the steel mills—with all of their dangerous, low-end jobs and lack of hope, that produce both the era’s anarchists and its socialists.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026
In his latest romp, corporate greed, lovable cows and hideous monsters converge in Richland, Ohio.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of hideous

Adjective

Dashcam followed in 2021, about an obnoxious content creator on a fateful and terrifying drive, as well as 2023 Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
As Claudia, Curtis is perfectly biting and obnoxious, willing to insert herself into her ex-husband’s life for sport, stomping on his feeble boundaries.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of obnoxious

Adjective

Those images are said to include an adult man identified by witnesses as Markle with a nude prepubescent girl among other obscene materials.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Facing a Carolina defense that fired its coordinator, the Broncos need to secure an early lead — not a crazy idea given that Sean Payton dispatches NFC South opponents with an impersonal contempt that’s almost obscene — and let the defense eat.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of obscene

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