Lōath’sōme, a.

(lōth’sum), a. [Sw. ledsam. See LOATHE.]

1. Causing to loathe; exciting disgust; disgusting. “In defiance of the most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.” Macaulay.
2. Exciting hatred or abhorrence; detestable; odious; as, loathsome sloth.