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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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stinking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??k??/
- Rhymes: -??k??
Etymology 1
From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwan? (“to stink”), equivalent to stink +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).
Adjective
stinking (comparative more stinking, superlative most stinking)
- Having a pungent smell.
- Very bad and undesirable.
- (euphemistic) An intensifier, a hypallage.
Translations
Verb
stinking
- present participle of stink
Etymology 2
From Middle English stinkinge, stynkynge, equivalent to stink +? -ing.
Noun
stinking (plural stinkings)
- The emission of a foul smell.
Middle English
Noun
stinking
- Alternative form of stynkynge
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