loathsomeness
loathsomeness noun: the nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
Noun
loathsomeness (countable and uncountable, plural loathsomenesses)
- The nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
- For my part I would rather counſell you to deſtroy your Rattes and Miſe with Traps, Banes, or Weeſels: for beſides the ſluttiſhneſſe ⁊ lothſomeneſſe of the Catte (you know what ſhe layes in the Malt heape) ſhe is moſt daungerous and pernicious among children, as I mee ſelf haue had good experience.1577, Conradus Heresbachius [i.e., Konrad Heresbach], compiler, “The Third Booke, of Feeding, Breeding, and Curing of Cattell”, in Barnabe Googe, transl., Fovre Bookes of Husbandry, […]: Conteyning...
- Must putrefaction's breath / Leave nothing of this heavenly sight / But loathsomeness and ruin?1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto I”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 2
- A loathsome thing.
- H. P. Lovecraft
After it raced the naked, tittering, phosphorescent thing that belonged on the carven pedestal, and still farther behind panted the dark men, and all the dread crew of sentient loathsomenesses. The corpse was gaining on its pursuers …
- H. P. Lovecraft
loathsomeness meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
loathsomeness in Hindi
- loathsomeness
- घिनौनापन ghinaunāpan
loathsomeness in Tamil
- ஒல்லாமை, குச்சிதம்
loathsomeness in Urdu
- کراہت, نفرت
Forms of loathsomeness
| plural | loathsomenesses |
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Origin of loathsomeness
From Middle English lothsomnesse, loþsumnes, lathsumnes; equivalent to loathsome + -ness.
Questions about loathsomeness
- What does loathsomeness mean?
- Loathsomeness means the nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
- What is loathsomeness in Hindi?
- Loathsomeness in Hindi is घिनौनापन (ghinaunāpan). See Loathsomeness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is loathsomeness?
- Loathsomeness is a noun.
- What is the plural of loathsomeness?
- The plural of loathsomeness is loathsomenesses.
Words near loathsomeness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: loathsomeness (page history and authors); घिनौनापन (Hindi) (page history and authors); loathsomeness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loathsomeness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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