Loathsome and Weird

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Loathsome adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Weird and loathsome are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weird" instead an adjective "Loathsome".

Nearby Words: loath, loathed

Weird adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.

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Loathsome and weird are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loathsome" instead an adjective "Weird".

Nearby Words: weirdo, weirdly, weirding, weirded

In Robert Westall's Futuretrack Five the Glaswegian gangster, Blocky, is very heavily implied to have done just this; having come to the point of suicide and then being mysteriously inspired to paint a weird and loathsome painting after seeing a demonic face appear in the mirror.

Source: Deal With The Devil / Literature
Deal with the Devil: The Glaswegian gangster, Blocky, is very heavily implied to have done just this; having come to the point of suicide and then being mysteriously inspired to paint a weird and loathsome painting after seeing a demonic face appear in the mirror.

Source: Literature / Futuretrack Five
An issue of the classic EC Comics horror/sci-fi anthology series Weird Science (not that one) had a story titled "The Loathsome" about a badly deformed little girl being raised in an orphanage.

Source: Mutants

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