loathsome

形容词 adj.
/ˈləʊð.səm/|/ˈləʊθ.səm/    /ˈloʊð.səm/|/ˈloʊθ.səm/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
    — Come on my Lords the better foot before, / Straight vvill I bring you to the lothſome pit, / VVhere I eſpied the Panther faſt a ſleepe.

词形变化

more loathsome comparative most loathsome superlative loathesome alternative,misspelling lothsome alternative,obsolete

词源

From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *lāþsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþasam, equivalent to loath + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).
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