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loathe-worthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From loathe + -worthy.

Meanings

  1. worthy of disgust or loathing; despicable
    • 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:
    • If I am a mother I'm a loathe-worthy, squeaky-weak mother. 2015, Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review: The Aquamarine Issue #5:
    • “Either way, it doesn't make the knowledge any less painful, or loathe-worthy.” 2016, K.A. Poe, Anathema:

Forms

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