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Loathsome vs Nauseous - What's the difference?

loathsome | nauseous |

As adjectives the difference between loathsome and nauseous

is that loathsome is highly offensive; sickening, abominable while nauseous is causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

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.

    nauseous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
  • And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
  • Afflicted with nausea; sick.
  • * 2010 , Tom Smith, The Guardian , 4 Sep 2010:
  • Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous .

    Synonyms

    * nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea

    See also

    * nauseated - afflicted with nausea * queasy