What does loathsome mean as it is used in the following lines from Act IV, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet? Juliet: Or, if I live, is it not very like The horrible conceit of death and night, Together with the terror of this place,-- As in a vault, an ancient receptacle, Where, for this many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack’d; Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort;-- Alack, alack, it is not like that I, So early waking,--what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad;What does loathsome mean as it is used in the following lines from Act IV, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet?Juliet: Or, if I live, is it not very likeThe horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of this place,--As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for this many hundred years, the bonesOf all my buried ancestors are pack’d;Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earthLies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,At some hours in the night spirits resort;--Alack, alack, it is not like that I,So early waking,--what with loathsome smells,And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth,That living mortals, hearing them, run mad;(1 point) Responses

Question

1 different different
2 horrible horrible
3 aromatic aromatic
4 sharp

Answer 1

Loathsome means disgusting or repulsive in this context. In the lines, Juliet is describing the unpleasant smells and sounds in the vault where her ancestors are buried, making her feel sick and horrified.