loathsome
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Loathsome and magnetic, infuriating and unforgettable, he is, by several bed lengths, the most dynamic protagonist Sachs has given us, a vessel of pure, untrammeled id.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023
Loathsome teams feel entitled to their successes, and that sense of entitlement tends to infect their fan base, too.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2015
As Ucho had pointed out so often, who would want to marry the Loathsome One?
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
Loathsome and terrible, being disfigured by the brine of the sea, does he appear to the maidens, and they flee cowering here and there about the shore.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
Remarks.—It is perhaps unnecessary to give the equations "Laidly Worm = Loathly Worm = Loathsome Dragon," and "borrowed = changed."
From English Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph
Vocabulary lists containing loathsome
"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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