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Detestation vs Loathsomeness - What's the difference?

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Detestation is a related term of loathsomeness.


As nouns the difference between detestation and loathsomeness

is that detestation is hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence while loathsomeness is the property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.

detestation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
  • Something detested.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”}}

    loathsomeness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.
  • *1813 , (Percy Bysshe Shelley), Queen Mab , I:
  • *:Must putrefaction’s breath / Leave nothing of this heavenly sight / But loathsomeness and ruin?