loathe-worthy

loathe-worthy

English

Etymology

From loathe +‎ -worthy.

Adjective

loathe-worthy (comparative more loathe-worthy, superlative most loathe-worthy)

1. worthy of disgust or loathing; despicable
   • 1998, Reg Saner, Reaching Keet Seel:

     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.

   • 2015, Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review: The Aquamarine Issue #5:

     If I am a mother I'm a loathe-worthy, squeaky-weak mother.

   • 2016, K.A. Poe, Anathema:

     “Either way, it doesn't make the knowledge any less painful, or loathe-worthy.”