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LOATHSOMENESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does loathsomeness mean?

• LOATHSOMENESS (noun)
The noun LOATHSOMENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Familiarity information: LOATHSOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LOATHSOMENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

loathsomeness; repulsiveness; lousiness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness

Context example:

the vileness of his language surprised us

Hypernyms ("loathsomeness" is a kind of...):

distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness (the quality of being offensive)

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