Loathly (Adjective)
Meaning
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The city's pollution problems were loathly evident in the toxic sludge that flowed through its streets.
- She couldn't stand the loathly language her coworkers used, and tried to avoid the break room during lunch.
- The news report described the prison conditions as loathly, with inadequate sanitation and poor ventilation.
- He was repelled by the loathly sight of the rotten food that had been left to decay in the abandoned house.
- The patient was suffering from a loathly skin disease that made her afraid to go out in public.