antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth
(adjective) (usually followed by âtoâ) strongly opposed; âantipathetic to new ideasâ; âaverse to taking risksâ; âloath to go on such short noticeâ; âclearly indisposed to grant their requestâ
loath, loth, reluctant
(adjective) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; âa reluctant smileâ; âloath to admit a mistakeâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
loath (comparative loather, superlative loathest)
Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
(obsolete) Angry, hostile.
(obsolete) Loathsome, unpleasant.
• The spelling loath is about four times as common as loth in Britain, and about fifty times as common in the United States.
• The word should not be confused with the related verb loathe.
loath (third-person singular simple present loaths, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)
Obsolete spelling of loathe.
• Athol, altho, altho', lotah, tolah
Source: Wiktionary
Loath, a. Etym: [OE. looth, loth, AS. la hostile, odious; akin to OS. l, G. leid, Icel. lei, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. lidan to suffer, go, cf. AS. li to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]
1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. Chaucer . Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; âhow big is that part compared to the whole?â; âthe team is a unitâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
