Found 3 hits - Term: loath, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
loath \loath\ l=oth, a. oe. looth, loth, as. l=aeth
hostile, odious; akin to os. l=aeth, g. leid, icel.
leiethr, sw. led, g. leiden to suffer, ohg. limacdan to
suffer, go, cf. as. limacethan to go, goth. leipan, and
e. lead to guide.
1. hateful; odious; disliked. obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
2. filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling;
reluctant; as, loath to part.
1913 webster
full loth were him to curse for his tithes.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
why, then, though loath, yet must i be content.
--shak.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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, aversep,
indisposedp, loathp, lothp
see also:
loth reluctant antipathetic antipathetical aversep indisposedp
loathp lothp
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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