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Captivating vs Loathsome - What's the difference?

captivating | loathsome |

As adjectives the difference between captivating and loathsome

is that captivating is that captivates; fascinating while loathsome is highly offensive; sickening, abominable.

As a verb captivating

is .

captivating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • that captivates; fascinating
  • beautiful; showing great beauty

    • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)

    • loathsome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • highly offensive; sickening, abominable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.

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