different between loathsome vs scandalous
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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scandalous
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?skænd?l?s/
Adjective
scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)
- Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Malicious, defamatory.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
- 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
- I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
Derived terms
- scandalously
- scandalousness
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