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What does loathsome mean as it is used in the following lines%C2%A0from Act IV, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet? Juliet: Or, if I live, is it not very like%C2%A0 The horrible conceit of death and night,%C2%A0 Together with the terror of this place,--%C2%A0 As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,%C2%A0 Where, for this many hundred years, the bones%C2%A0 Of all my buried ancestors are pack’d;%C2%A0 Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth%C2%A0 Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,%C2%A0 At some hours in the night spirits resort;-- Alack, alack, it is not like that I,%C2%A0 So early waking,--what with loathsome smells,%C2%A0 And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth,%C2%A0 That living mortals, hearing them, run mad; (1 point) Responses horrible horrible different different sharp sharp aromatic

Answer 1

The word "loathsome" means disgusting or repulsive. In this context, Juliet is describing the various unpleasant and frightening aspects of the vault where her ancestors are buried, including the loathsome smells and shrieks that cause living mortals to go mad.