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单词 loathsome
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loathsomeadj.

Brit. /ˈləʊðs(ə)m/, /ˈləʊθs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈloʊθsəm/, /ˈloʊðsəm/
Forms: Middle English loþsom, Middle English loothsom, Middle English, 1500s–1600s Scottish and northern laithsum, laithsome, Middle English lathesum, loth(e)sum, 1500s–1800s loth(e)som(e, 1600s–1700s loathsom, 1500s– loathsome.
Etymology: < loath n. + -some suffix1; = Old High German leidsam.
1. Exciting disgust or loathing. (Now always with emotional implication.)
a. In physical sense: Exciting nausea; offensive to the senses; noisome, sickening.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > causing nausea
loathsome1398
squeamisha1571
nauseous1618
nauseating1645
sickish1727
qualmish1827
stomach-churning1899
gut-wrenching1972
yuck-making1972
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xvi. 121 Yf the teeth were bare they were loathsom and nat fayr.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 23229 Fell dragons and tadis bath..Ful laithsum [Vesp. wlatsum] on to here and se..þar sal be.
c1460 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 172 Man is but lothesum eorthe and claye.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Oo.ii Vnwittingly otherwhile eate some lothesome and abhorring meat.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 72 A most instant tetter barckt about Most Lazerlike with vile and lothsome crust All my smooth body. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 480 Thou must not..Lie in this miserable loathsom plight Neglected. View more context for this quotation
1700 H. Maundrell Let. in Journey to Jerusalem (1703) sig. T3 A Gouty scrofulous substance, very loathsom to look upon.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 383 The stench of the hold [was] loathsome, beyond all conception.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii.xxvii. 66 She died shortly of a loathsome disease.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 432 A loathsome volatile salt, extracted from human skulls, was forced into his mouth.
in combination.1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 671 Covered from head to foot with loathsome-smelling scabs.
b. In a moral sense: Hateful, distasteful, odious, repulsive, shocking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]
loatha700
eileOE
andsetec1000
wlatfulc1230
aloathedc1275
wlatsomea1300
unhonest13..
wlata1325
hideousc1330
abominable1340
hatefula1382
hatesomea1382
abominablec1384
odiousa1387
fulsomec1390
accursedc1400
hatousc1400
rankc1400
hateablec1425
odiblec1425
ugsomec1425
wretchedc1430
loathsomec1440
loathfula1450
noisomea1450
abhominal1477
detestable1477
loathy1481
loathing?a1513
oppugnanta1513
irksome1513
hateworthy1548
abhorful1565
ugged1570
detestine1575
ulcerous1577
opposite1578
scandalous1592
offensive1594
obscene1597
ulcered1602
dirtya1616
abhorrent1628
toady1628
envious1630
repugnant1633
nauseating1645
nauseous1646
obnoxious1646
detestful1654
reluctant1663
horrid1666
abnoxious1682
devilish1692
invidious1710
repellent1776
repellant1780
sickening1789
toadish1822
carrion1826
ugging1839
cussed1853
repugnant1879
jerky1944
vomitous1952
barfy1957
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [adjective] > abhorred or detestable
loathlyc900
loathsomec1440
abhorrablea1475
homynable1489
huggeda1533
ill-favoured1562
abhorrible1602
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lxiii Wyth thy pryde thou defowlest all thy good dedes and makyth hem loothsom in the syghte of thy lorde.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 218 How lusting lufe, that laithsum sin, The oppin eyis of sum do blind.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 41v If lawe seeme loathsome vnto thee, searche the secretes of phisicke.
1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding ⁋84 I was more loathsome in my own Eyes than was a Toad.
1748 D. Hume Ess. Moral & Polit. xix. 208 The Mind, unexercis'd, finds every Delight insipid and loathsome.
1872 J. G. Holland Marble Prophecy 93 Death can but loose a loathsome bond.
1892 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. (new ed.) I. 259 He was free from the errors which make some of Rousseau's confessions loathsome.
2. Affected with loathing or disgust; disgusted. Const. of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [adjective]
irk1303
wlatfula1387
squeamous1398
irksome1435
fastidiousa1535
loathsome1577
out of love (with)1577
squeamish1581
loathingc1595
sick1600
distastive1611
distastefula1616
detestant1650
distasting1654
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) iii. xv. [ix.] ii. 61 We, as lothsome of this abundance, or not liking of the plentie.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxiv. 34 a Thou mayest refresh thy loathsome and weeried minde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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