Usually means: Causing hatred or disgust; abhorrent.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word loathsome:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. loathsome: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. loathsome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. loathsome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. loathsome: Collins English Dictionary
  5. loathsome: Vocabulary.com
  6. Loathsome, loathsome: Wordnik
  7. loathsome: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. loathsome: Wiktionary
  9. loathsome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. loathsome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. loathsome: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Loathsome, loathsome: Dictionary.com
  13. Loathsome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. loathsome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. loathsome: Rhymezone
  16. Loathsome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. loathsome: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. loathsome: Free Dictionary
  19. loathsome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. loathsome: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. loathsome: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. loathsome: Encyclopedia

(Note: See loathsomely as well.)

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adjective:  Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

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