Synonyms

Proverbs 13:5 (KJV) A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Take a moment to read these other translations.

Proverbs 13:5 (NASB95) A righteous man hates falsehood, But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully.

Proverbs 13:5 (LSB) A righteous man hates a lying word, But a wicked man acts odiously and is humiliated.

I am looking at the word that the KJV has as “loathsome” (887).  That is not a bad choice.  It is not a common word, but it is understood by most people.  I think the NASB is the weakest here because it uses a very common word that people throw around without thinking.  The one I like the most, though is in the LSB.  There it says “odiously”.  That I believe is really good.  I think many people would understand it.  Others might have to look it up.  But it gets your attention and drives you down into the depths of depravity that are possible in human activity.

So? Another reminder that evil exists.  A necessary reminder that evil is not pretty, no matter what the TV or movie screen says.  Evil is ugly, destructive, odious.