Loath·some a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease.
     The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.   --Macaulay.
  -- Loath*some*ly. adv. -- Loath*some*ness, n.
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  loathsomeness
       n : the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
           [syn: repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness]