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What is the adjective for loathliness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs loathe and loath which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

loath
  1. unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
  2. (obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant
  3. Synonyms:
      4. reluctant, disinclined, unwilling, indisposed, hesitant, averse, opposed, afraid, uneager, reticent, resistant, cagey, backward, cagy, wary, hostile, chary, antagonistic, dubious, ill-disposed, not in the mood, slow, loth, unenthusiastic, unprepared, antipathetic, hesitating, uninclined, hesitant about, chary of, inimical, against, recalcitrant, scared, not disposed, discouraged, disheartened, not in favour of, opposed to, shy of, diffident about, embarrassed, afraid of, ashamed, not keen, unenthusiastic about, frightened, dismayed, suspicious, undisposed … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Personally, I'm hugely pessimistic about this, but I'm loath to spoil the mood.”
      “Research institutions that would normally be loath to patent are doing so defensively in order to prevent the corpocrats stealing their ideas.”
      “Most other industrialized nations privately agree they are necessary but are loath to step forward and be counted.”
loathful
  1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.
  2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.
loathable
  1. Deserving loathing; loathsome; detestable.
loathsome
  1. highly offensive; sickening, abominable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disgusting, revolting, distasteful, foul, repellent, sickening, gross, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, horrid, nauseous, repulsive, horrible, horrendous, obscene, repugnant, abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, offensive, repellant, reprehensible, shocking, vile, yucky, contemptible, creepy, deplorable, despicable, dreadful, execrable, hateful, hideous, noisome, scandalous, detestable, disagreeable, frightful, ghastly, ugly, beastly, evil, fulsome, lousy, rancid, sleazy, bogging … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We are simply asked to contemplate the appalling act that one loathsome human being can inflict on an innocent bystander.”
      “As someone who's been essentially self taught in most academic fields, I find the increasing credentialism very loathsome.”
      “Like a living animal, the wood pounced on its prey, wrapping itself around the loathsome wizard.”
loathly
  1. loathsome; hideous
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disgustful, disgusting, revolting, repellent, foul, sickening, repulsive, horrible, nasty, dreadful, horrid, loathsome, awful, offensive, nauseating, odious, obnoxious, abominable, distasteful, repugnant, appalling, hideous, vile, gross, horrendous, nauseous, abhorrent, terrible, ghastly, yucky, unpleasant, obscene, noisome, frightful, objectionable, noxious, disagreeable, rancid, repellant, gruesome, beastly, icky, stinking, putrid, atrocious, uninviting, grotty, yucko, lousy, unsavoury … more
self-loathing
  1. Loathing oneself.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. self-hating, self-flagellating, self-contemptuous, self-recriminating, self-denigrating
  3. Examples:
      4. “If the narcissistic Michael was a self-loathing man, Brea didn't even begin to stand a chance of him loving her in the manner in which she needed and desired.”
      “Indeed, our whole diet culture is ultimately all about fear, and self-loathing, and endless dissatisfaction.”
      “If there's anything more off-putting than the British elite's squabbling, it's its self-loathing.”
loathy
  1. (archaic) Loathsome.
loathlier
  1. comparative form of loathly: more loathly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disgustinger, fouler, horribler, nastier, horrider, awfuller, viler, grosser, terribler, ghastlier, yuckier, unpleasanter, obscener, gruesomer, beastlier, ickier, grottier, lousier, skankier, ranker, smellier, dirtier, rottener, filthier, niffier, pongier, stinkier, whiffier, acrider, funkier, squalider, grubbier, sordider, meaner, harsher, uncleaner, bummer, unholier, more disgustful, more revolting, more repellent, more sickening, more repulsive, more dreadful, more loathsome, more offensive, more nauseating, more odious, more obnoxious, more abominable … more
loathliest
  1. superlative form of loathly: most loathly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disgustingest, foulest, horriblest, nastiest, horridest, awfullest, vilest, grossest, terriblest, ghastliest, yuckiest, unpleasantest, obscenest, gruesomest, beastliest, ickiest, grottiest, lousiest, skankiest, rankest, smelliest, dirtiest, rottenest, filthiest, niffiest, pongiest, stinkiest, whiffiest, acridest, funkiest, squalidest, grubbiest, sordidest, meanest, harshest, uncleanest, bummest, unholiest, most disgustful, most revolting, most repellent, most sickening, most repulsive, most dreadful, most loathsome, most offensive, most nauseating, most odious, most obnoxious, most abominable … more
loathiest
  1. superlative form of loathy: most loathy
loathest
  1. superlative form of loath: most loath
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cagiest, wariest, chariest, most reluctant, most unwilling, most indisposed, most hesitant, most averse, most afraid, most uneager, most reticent, most resistant, most backward, most hostile, most antagonistic, most dubious, most ill-disposed, slowest, lothest, most unenthusiastic, most unprepared, most antipathetic, most inimical, most discouraged, most recalcitrant, most disheartened, most scared, most frightened, most sweer, most embarrassed, most squeamish, most dismayed, most suspicious, most ashamed, queasiest, most cautious, most calculating, unfriendliest, most contrary, most unfavourable, most allergic, most nervous, most unfavorable, most doubtful, shiest, nastiest, most unsympathetic, perversest, most negative, most adversarial … more
loathesome
  1. Misspelling of loathsome.
  2. Examples:
      3. “But I'd sooner slice open my own entrails than be a party to this loathesome return to a feudal society of a miniscule group of literati.”
      “The second is social: Why on earth did our stalwart British allies join the predictably feckless Europeans in this dimwitted and loathesome orgy of recriminations?”
      “Here's a nice way to run for office: No demeaning fund-raising, no scooting around for salable positions on difficult issues, no making nice to loathesome but useful people.”
loathed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of loathe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. did not like, abhorred, despised, detested, disfavored, disliked, disapproved of, had a dislike for, had a distaste for, had an aversion to, hated, execrated, abominated, had it in for, disdained, found intolerable, had no use for, recoiled from, disrelished, shuddered at, felt aversion to, regarded with disgust, scorned, repudiated, rejected, had a strong aversion to, regarded with repugnance, felt aversion towards, shrunk from, shrank from, felt repugnance towards, felt distaste for, had a horror of, felt disgust for, disliked intensely, felt hostility to, dreaded, reviled, spurned, revolted, refused, declined, feared, felt hostility towards, felt hostile to, disliked greatly, felt revulsion to, felt disgust towards, felt aversion toward, felt animosity to … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She was loathed by all her colleagues for her arrogant attitude and unethical practices.”
loathing
  1. present participle of loathe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hating, detesting, despising, abhorring, disliking, abominating, execrating, scorning, disdaining, spurning, rejecting, repudiating, declining, refusing, revolting, recoiling from, shrinking from, finding intolerable, feeling repugnance towards, disliking greatly, having it in for, finding disgusting, feeling repugnance, having a strong aversion to, having aversion to, having no use for, disrelishing, deploring, regarding with disgust, disfavouring, disfavoring, having an aversion to, misliking, objecting to, resenting, disapproving, looking down on, shuddering at, condemning, reproving, opposing, frowning on, deprecating, not taking kindly to, not appreciating, taking exception to, reviling, feeling aversion to, shunning, discountenancing … more
loathed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of loathe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. did not like, abhorred, despised, detested, disfavored, disliked, disapproved of, had a dislike for, had a distaste for, had an aversion to, hated, execrated, abominated, had it in for, disdained, found intolerable, had no use for, recoiled from, disrelished, shuddered at, felt aversion to, regarded with disgust, scorned, repudiated, rejected, had a strong aversion to, regarded with repugnance, felt aversion towards, shrunk from, shrank from, felt repugnance towards, felt distaste for, had a horror of, felt disgust for, disliked intensely, felt hostility to, dreaded, reviled, spurned, revolted, refused, declined, feared, felt hostility towards, felt hostile to, disliked greatly, felt revulsion to, felt disgust towards, felt aversion toward, felt animosity to … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She was loathed by all her colleagues for her arrogant attitude and unethical practices.”
loathing
  1. present participle of loathe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hating, detesting, despising, abhorring, disliking, abominating, execrating, scorning, disdaining, spurning, rejecting, repudiating, declining, refusing, revolting, recoiling from, shrinking from, finding intolerable, feeling repugnance towards, disliking greatly, having it in for, finding disgusting, feeling repugnance, having a strong aversion to, having aversion to, having no use for, disrelishing, deploring, regarding with disgust, disfavouring, disfavoring, having an aversion to, misliking, objecting to, resenting, disapproving, looking down on, shuddering at, condemning, reproving, opposing, frowning on, deprecating, not taking kindly to, not appreciating, taking exception to, reviling, feeling aversion to, shunning, discountenancing … more
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