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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Loathsome

/lōth'-səm/ · Loath·some · IPA /ˈloʊð.səm/
01 a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease.
  1. 1.
    Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease.
    “The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.” Macaulay.