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shocking
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k??/
- Rhymes: -?k??
Adjective
shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
- Inspiring shock; startling.
- Unusually obscene or lewd.
- (colloquial) Extremely bad.
- What a shocking calamity!
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:surprising
Translations
Verb
shocking
- present participle of shock
Noun
shocking (plural shockings)
- The application of an electric shock.
Anagrams
- Hockings, chokings
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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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