loathyadj.
/ˈləʊði/ archaic.
= loathsome adj.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]
loatha700
eileOE
andsetec1000
wlatfulc1230
aloathedc1275
wlatsomea1300
unhonest13..
wlata1325
hideousc1330
abominable1340
hatefula1382
hatesomea1382
abominablec1384
odiousa1387
fulsomec1390
accursedc1400
hatousc1400
rankc1400
hateablec1425
odiblec1425
ugsomec1425
wretchedc1430
loathsomec1440
loathfula1450
noisomea1450
abhominal1477
detestable1477
loathy1481
loathing?a1513
oppugnanta1513
irksome1513
hateworthy1548
abhorful1565
ugged1570
detestine1575
ulcerous1577
opposite1578
scandalous1592
offensive1594
obscene1597
ulcered1602
dirtya1616
abhorrent1628
toady1628
envious1630
repugnant1633
nauseating1645
nauseous1646
obnoxious1646
detestful1654
reluctant1663
horrid1666
abnoxious1682
devilish1692
invidious1710
repellent1776
repellant1780
sickening1789
toadish1822
carrion1826
ugging1839
cussed1853
repugnant1879
jerky1944
vomitous1952
barfy1957
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 16 Neuer man sawe fowller ne lothlyer beest.
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 117 Your wynde schakyn shankkes, your longe lothy legges.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 184 Things which seeme most filthie and lothly.
1840 R. Browning Sordello iv. 23 Docks, quitchgrass, loathy mallows no man plants.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1881) II. xx. 127 The loathy floor of liquid mud lay bare beneath the mangrove forest.
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