loathsome
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He is governing and loathsome, with a knack for manipulation that merely foreshadows what audiences witness in the film’s second half.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The most brilliant collector of Cubism of his generation, he emerges as wickedly funny and in most other ways loathsome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
I mention that it’s amusing of him to say there’s a piece of himself in a character most people find pretty loathsome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who ran against Trump in the latest Republican primary, prosecuted the case at the time and called it “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he had seen.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
We looked round and there, sitting in one ofMr Coombes’s big leather armchairs, was the tiny loathsome figure of Mrs Pratchett!
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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