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loathsome

[lohth-suhm, lohth-] / ˈloʊð səm, ˈloʊθ- /


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Loathsome and magnetic, infuriating and unforgettable, he is, by several bed lengths, the most dynamic protagonist Sachs has given us, a vessel of pure, untrammeled id.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Loathsome teams feel entitled to their successes, and that sense of entitlement tends to infect their fan base, too.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2015

As Ucho had pointed out so often, who would want to marry the Loathsome One?

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

On with clattering trot Downhill goeth thy path; Loathsome dizziness ever, When thou delayest, assails me.

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred

Their misty minds but harbor rottenness Loathsome and fetid, and all barrenness— Their deeds to ashes turn, and, hydra-bred, The mystic skeleton is theirs to dread.

From Poems by Hugo, Victor




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