Loath \Loath\ (l[=o]th), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. l[=a][eth]
hostile, odious; akin to OS. l[=a][eth], G. leid, Icel.
lei[eth]r, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l[imac]dan to
suffer, go, cf. AS. l[imac][eth]an to go, Goth. leipan, and
E. lead to guide.]
1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling;
reluctant; as, loath to part.
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Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.
--Chaucer.
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Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
loath
adj 1: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a
reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake";
"unwilling to face facts" [syn: loth, reluctant]
2: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic
to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on
such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their
request" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p),
indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "loath":
afraid, apathetic, averse, backward, balking, balky, dilatory,
disinclined, grudging, hesitant, indifferent, indisposed, laggard,
perfunctory, reluctant, renitent, restive, slow, slow to, uneager,
unenthusiastic, unwilling, unzealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth, loth(p), reluctant
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