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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloathsomeloath‧some /ˈləʊðsəm $ ˈloʊθ-/ adjective UNPLEASANTvery unpleasant or cruel SYN repulsive that loathsome little man
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loathsome• I was damned if some nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with zits and a clip-on tie was going to make me feel loathsome.• Historians have since described and explained how torture was a loathsome, almost automatic feature of colonial wars.• Murphy's final year had come to an end and the loathsome boy remained without employment.• He is a loathsome disgusting creature.• But for the moment she resolved that she would not think of the loathsome interview again until she was in Prague.• And it is a loathsome term, I detest it.
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