loathe-worthy

adjective

worthy of disgust or loathing; despicable

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Meanings

adjectiveloathe-worthy (comparative more loathe-worthy, superlative most loathe-worthy)

comparative more loathe-worthy · superlative most loathe-worthy

  1. worthy of disgust or loathing; despicable

    If I am a mother I'm a loathe-worthy, squeaky-weak mother.

    2015, Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review: The Aquamarine Issue #5
    2 more examples

    These alternate with package stores like cause and effect: pawn, booze, pawn, booze, pawn, booze. In fact, aside from Phoenix City, Alabama, Gallup's aggressive squalor and blatant rapacity in turning Navajos, Hopis, Zunis, and others into alcoholics make it the most loathe-worthy town I am able to imagine.

    1998, Reg Saner, Reaching Keet Seel

    “Either way, it doesn't make the knowledge any less painful, or loathe-worthy.”

    2016, K.A. Poe, Anathema

Origin

From loathe + -worthy.

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APA

loathe-worthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loathe-worthy

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“loathe-worthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loathe-worthy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loathe-worthy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loathe-worthy.

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