different between loathsome vs malodorous
loathsome
English
Alternative forms
- loathesome
Etymology
From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *l?þsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþsam, equivalent to loath +? -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??ð.s?m/, /?l???.s?m/
Adjective
loathsome (comparative more loathsome, superlative most loathsome)
- Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.
Derived terms
- loathsomely
- loathsomeness
- unloathsome
Translations
Further reading
- loathsome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- loathsome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- loathsome at OneLook Dictionary Search
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malodorous
English
Alternative forms
- malodourous
Etymology
mal- +? odorous
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæl???.d?.??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæl?o?.d?.??s/
Adjective
malodorous (comparative more malodorous, superlative most malodorous)
- Having a bad odor.
- There were tons of malodorous garbage bags outside her house.
- (figuratively) Highly improper.
Synonyms
- (having a bad odor): foul, putrid, smelly, stinky, stenchy, fetid, funky, noisome, reeky, reeking, stinking, mephitic, foul-smelling, rank, rotten, smelly, vile, offensive; see also Thesaurus:malodorous
Antonyms
- (having a good odor): fragrant
Related terms
- malodor
- malodorously
- malodorousness
Translations
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