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loathlier

loathlier is the comparative form of loathly.

Meaning of loathly

Adjective

loathly (comparative loathlier, superlative loathliest)

  1. Loathsome; hideous.
    • Her loathly viſage viewing with diſdaine, / Eftſoones I thought her ſuch, as ſhe me told, / And would haue kild her; but with faigned paine, / The falſe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold; / So left her, where ſhe now is turnd to treen mould.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Volume 1

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Questions about loathlier

What is loathlier the comparative form of?
Loathlier is the comparative form of loathly.

Words near loathlier in the dictionary

  1. loathfulness
  2. loathiest
  3. loathing
  4. loathingly
  5. loathings
  6. loathlier
  7. loathliest
  8. loathliness
  9. loathly
  10. loathness
  11. loaths

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