loathsomeness

2 definitions found

loathsomeness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Loathsome \Loath"some\, a.
     Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a
     loathsome disease.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     -- Loath"some*ly. adv. -- Loath"some*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

loathsomeness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  loathsomeness
      n 1: the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions;
           "the vileness of his language surprised us" [syn:
           loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness,
           lousiness, wickedness]